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(08-12-2025, 02:46 PM)MyIdaho Wrote: Wow, that's way back to the first 20 years of Viking football! Good catch Badger! Gotta cheer for winners, our Parkettes won the first battle of the NFL cheerleaders in 1979! Rock on girls, err women! 
Also from 1979..the first male cheerleader...
Yep...Robin Williams...
Robin Williams joined the cheerleading squad for a live game at Mile High Stadium in front of over 70,000 fans on November 11, 1979. The Denver Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 45-10.
Robin dressed as Mork from Ork from the popular TV show "Mork and Mindy," which was filmed and based in Boulder, Colorado. He was dressed as a cheerleader, complete with white knee-high cowboy boots, a sequined mini skirt and top, an orange scarf, and gloves. Robin Williams holds the distinction of being the NFL's first male cheerleader.
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Male cheerleaders have been around for years. If someone told me the Vikings already had some or were going to add some, I wouldn't be phased.
I admit that I definitely am not going to step away from the TV if a group of attractive female cheerleaders come on the screen, however in looking at it from a more objective level, is it a practice that is sexist and outdated? I did not want my daughters going out for cheerleading. I had always told them to be the ones on the field that others were cheering for. They both went on to do extremely well in sports and I was their biggest male cheerleader.
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Badger, loved the story and images of Robin Williams as cheerleader! Such an excellent comedian with perfect time. Gone too soon!
Can you tell me how to reply to a post and include the text but not the images? Thanks!
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(08-12-2025, 04:48 PM)MyIdaho Wrote: Badger, loved the story and images of Robin Williams as cheerleader! Such an excellent comedian with perfect time. Gone too soon!
Can you tell me how to reply to a post and include the text but not the images? Thanks!
I always hit reply and than delete the image (or a long thread) in the reply by holding the cursor to the right of it and hitting backspace or select the image and hit delete. I didn't realize you were new. I thought you were a rename of one of another Idaho monikers. Welcome to the board! Feel free to reach out if you have questions.
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(08-12-2025, 12:28 PM)purplefaithful Wrote: I think there's a way to include male cheerleaders that I would consider tasteful and that wont send woke meters off the charts...
Whether the Vikings decide to be a bit more conservative with it (or not) remains to be seen. It's hard not to offend anyone, but its not impossible.
Hell, Bama does it well imo:
I agree, I heard about this a day or two ago and it was a non starter for me, dont care, colleges have been using male cheerleaders for years and I have never had an issue with it, however after hearing today from a work colleague from the cities that has seen more interviews and apparent online shit, this sounds like a much different approach and will be more akin to a social justice thing with the male cheerleaders pushing the limits of their agenda... how this is known at this time I have no idea, but its what he was hearing around NE MNPLS.
It would be nice if we could just have 1 season without a shit load of drama, not a QB controversy, not a contract issue, not coaches on the hot seat, and not off the field shit.
Why isn't Chuck Foreman in the Hall of Fame?
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(08-12-2025, 05:45 PM)JimmyinSD Wrote: I agree, I heard about this a day or two ago and it was a non starter for me, dont care, colleges have been using male cheerleaders for years and I have never had an issue with it, however after hearing today from a work colleague from the cities that has seen more interviews and apparent online shit, this sounds like a much different approach and will be more akin to a social justice thing with the male cheerleaders pushing the limits of their agenda... how this is known at this time I have no idea, but its what he was hearing around NE MNPLS.
It would be nice if we could just have 1 season without a shit load of drama, not a QB controversy, not a contract issue, not coaches on the hot seat, and not off the field shit.
And nobody dying.. Speaking of off field stuff..McCarthy's girlfriend is very pregnant. Any idea on timing? Is it possible he misses a game due to the birth?
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(08-12-2025, 06:16 PM)badgervike Wrote: And nobody dying.. Speaking of off field stuff..McCarthy's girlfriend is very pregnant. Any idea on timing? Is it possible he misses a game due to the birth?
I read somewhere that she is due in September.... Hopefully during pre-season and JJM can skip a day to be there! 
Born in 1961 - Still waiting for just one.... 
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(08-12-2025, 06:16 PM)badgervike Wrote: And nobody dying.. Speaking of off field stuff..McCarthy's girlfriend is very pregnant. Any idea on timing? Is it possible he misses a game due to the birth
An article I read said the first week of September
Start you 1st NFL game and become a first time father in the same week, that's a BIG week.
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Awkward timing. Anybody want to open the season in Chicago with Sam Howell under center?
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How is this helpful in winning a championship and why is it necessary?
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