Spurs disbanding all-female dance team in favor of co-ed hype team
Is this the wave of the future?
Since then newly-minted owner Jerry Buss started the Laker Girls’ in 1979, all-female dance teams have become standard around the NBA. However, with how things are now viewed through the prism of the #metoo movement, and reports on how NFL cheerleaders were treated in places such as Washington and Miami, a lot of professional sports teams are re-thinking the concept of female dance teams.
The Spurs are apparently doing away with theirs, to be replaced by a 35-person co-ed “hype team.”
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Jason Minnix
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The #Spurs Silver Dancers are no more. I am told the @SilverDancers were told tonight that the program was ending due to lack of fan interest & would be replaced with a larger co-ed team. The news does further explain the press release SS&E sent out today. #GoSpursGo
8:50 PM - May 18, 2018 · San Antonio, TX
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The Spurs have not said officially that this is the end of the Silver Dancers. “Lack of interest” is an odd reason to give — is there suddenly less interest now than there was five years ago? A number of teams have both female dance teams and co-ed “spirit” or “hype” teams.
Jason Minnix
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18 May
The #Spurs Silver Dancers are no more. I am told the @SilverDancers were told tonight that the program was ending due to lack of fan interest & would be replaced with a larger co-ed team. The news does further explain the press release SS&E sent out today. #GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/8dNeAwSMBl
melissa
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Lack of fan interest? Wonder where all these followers and YouTube views came from. Not to mention all the $ made for the organization bc of THOUSANDS of kids thru Jr. Silver Dancers Program, prep classes... Hundreds of hours of community service etc... 26 yr legacy, gone. pic.twitter.com/sLkPM7MXYt
9:19 PM - May 18, 2018 · Texas, USA
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Alexis Bonilla
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I am truly heartbroken and at a loss for words for an organization I held so dear to my heart. This year is one I will never forget. The legacy we left will live on forever. Love my girls🖤 #jeremiah29:11
10:10 PM - May 18, 2018
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Far more likely, this is about perception in what is a conservative state and marketplace.
The question is will this become a trend, both around the NBA and professional sports. As the teams try to evolve and make more dynamic their in-arena experiences, are the dance teams going to fade from view?
Lakers Co-ed Cheer Squad is something that needs to happen!
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Why not just get rid of dancers all together? They don't really serve a purpose.
I remember the California Angels of Anaheim of Los Angeles of California once experimented with cheerleaders doing routines on top of the dugouts. That was kinda short lived. _________________ Lakers. Built different.
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