Okay, this is pretty squarely "OtherStuff", but did this happen or not? (Reported by the Washington Post)

The Washington Football Team on Wednesday [March 3, 2021] announced the cheerleaders will be replaced by a coed dance squad, less than one month after it halted its all-female program, following a confidential settlement with ex-cheerleaders who were unwitting subjects of lewd videos.

I was a fan of this team since I was in preschool, I think, but the last 25 years have certainly shown me rooting for a team ultimately means you're rooting for an owner, the only real constant. The same is true even for college teams -- like it or not, the teams belong to the rich. They don't belong to [all of] the fans. If you don't believe me, walk from your dorm to the men's basketball arena at NCSU. I will kindly understate that moving the arena off campus wasn't so that more students could watch games.

There's also a problem with accountability in our culture. I won't say "in our culture today". I imagine it's always been a problem. But if you can whitewash your sins with overtures and lip-service like this and nobody cares if you actually follow-through, well... It's just a weird world we live in.

Sigh.

Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern on the ground, and it broke into pieces and went out. "I have come too early," he said then; "my time is not yet. This tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering; it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time; the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than most distant stars---and yet they have done it themselves.

(After some googling...)

Here's the tryouts listing. At least XYs are welcome to try out... And here's last year's "entertainment team" roster. There are 37 members, 8 present as dudes. Those eight did not get a lot of screentime on the sidelines last year during games, let's say.

Wow. Look at the pictures.

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