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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
I love this game
In the early 1980s, cheerleading squads not associated with a schools or  sports leagues, whose main objective was competition, began to emerge.  The first organization to call themselves all stars and go to  competitions were the Q94 Rockers from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1982 by Hilda McDaniel.  All-star teams competing prior to 1987 were place into the same  divisions as teams that represented schools and sports leagues. In 1986  National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) decided to address this  situation by creating a separate division for these teams lacking a  sponsoring school or athletic association, calling it the 'All-Star  Division' and debuting it at their 1987 competitions. As the popularity  of these types of teams grew, more and more of them were formed,  attending competitions sponsored by many different types of  organizations and companies, all using their own set of rules,  regulations and divisions. This situation became one of the chief  concerns of gym owners. These inconsistencies caused coaches to keep  their routines in a constant state of flux, detracting from time that  should be utilized to develop skills and provide personal attention to  their athletes. More importantly, because the various companies were  constantly vying for the competitive edge, safety standards had becoming  more and more lax. In some cases, unqualified coaches and inexperienced  squads are attempting dangerous stunts as a result of these “expanded”  sets of rules.









