Blazer Dancers must GO!!!

[MARIS61]

I have yet to meet a heterosexual woman who watches men's sports teams because she "loves the game".

They watch, as I'm sure is true of this woman if she really is a fan (which I doubt), to see the athletic bodies on display.

If it bothers her to spend money to go to a game where they have dancers who are prettier and more athletic than her she should save her money and only attend events such as the annual Quilt Show in Sisters, or become a soccer fan.

 

[jwhoops11]

I have a feeling I might be in the minority on this one (I haven't read through the thread yet).

As a season ticket holder, and red blooded american male who loves a beautiful woman, I feel like I could easily do without them. They don't enhance the game for me and honestly, I almost feel like it's a bit of a slap in the face to assume that becuase I'm a man you can throw a group of half naked women in front of me and I'll be happy. I'd much rather they just run the fan contests, or play music during timeouts as those are the things I find the most entertaining.

Of course, I could also do without Blaze and the stunt team. It just feels like all of the periphreal stuff going on during the course of a game becomes a distraction sometimes.

 

[Shooter]

This woman believes that all men feel sudden homeoerotic urges when they see male atheletes getting all sweaty, and yet WE are the sexist ones?

BAAA-HAAAA-HAAAA!!!

By that logic, any woman who enjoys watching the WNBA is actually a lesbian.

Classic PC thinking at its best, folks.

 

[THE HCP]

This lady needs to wake up, it ain't 1950 anymore. Every NBA and NFL team has a squad of dancers. I sense some jealousy. Seems to me like most women love to hate on other women who are perceived as more attractive. My wife goes ga ga over David Beckham, do I hate on her or him for it? No, I'm confident enough to admit that the guy is a good lookin' dude. Not as sexy as HCP of course.

Why it is true I used to give it to BeerBoy's wife (who hasn't) i believe the Blazer Dancers should go nowhere! But trust me when I say that our girls are nothing compared to other teams. Denver, Dallas, PHX and Miami's look like hot latin strippers. They wear some amazing stuff that I am surprised the league hasn't done anything.

 

[Shooter]

It's just so annoying. Whenever men look at dancers I feel like they feel like they're going to get screamed at by a feminist. Whenever a man (even though several women do it too) question the job Violet Palmer does feminists jump on them and say they only say that because they're trying to bring down a woman. While I'm sure there are some sexists in the sports crowd the majority are saying this because - and I know this may be shocking to feminists - she absolutely sucks balls. Just like Mark Ayotta who is a man.

While there are certainly several issues involving women around the world that need to be corrected IMO that is more of a humans right issue than it is a feminist issue. Women are treated fairly well and fairly equal in my opinion - yeah guys make jokes about girls but guess what girls make jokes about guys. My guy friends when I do something dumb go "lolol girl brain" and I just laugh because it's just words and it''s just a joke.

I loathe feminists.

I love you. May I say that? It is so refreshing to hear a woman talk this way. We men get so tired of being attacked for our natural attraction to the female body. A feminist world is a very frightening idea. I guess we'd all be robots, walking around in plastic sleeves, so we wouldn't offend anyone or spill anything on them.

Thanks for your post!!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

By that logic, any woman who enjoys watching the WNBA is actually a lesbian.

Isn't that the prevalent stereotype, though? I remember when Portland had their team, that the radio jocks constantly insinuated that whenever they talked about the fanbase. It was the joke du jour.

 

[Shooter]

I have yet to meet a heterosexual woman who watches men's sports teams because she "loves the game".

They watch, as I'm sure is true of this woman if she really is a fan (which I doubt), to see the athletic bodies on display.

Absolutely right. My girlfriend freely admits to this. And yet no one accuses women of being sexist pigs for enjoying the sight of a finely-toned male body. Hmmmm.

 

[Uther TheGardener]

they got rid of the dancers for a season....it didnt go over at all well with the season ticket holders...

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Why it is true I used to give it to BeerBoy's wife (who hasn't) .

http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140570

BOOMSHAKALAKA!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

As a visitor to your fair country, I was amazed the first time I saw cheerleaders. A bunch of women whose job it is to root endlessly for a bunch of guys? In little girl outfits? (Now of course they wear slut outfits. But they're still little girl outfits, because they're selling the slut outfits in little girl sizes. Especially at Halloween.) The only reason you don't see that as immensely creepy is because you grew up with it. Of course you don't want it to go away - that would be to admit that a part of your culture is seriously backward. Cheerleaders are one more reason to be glad that I don't have a daughter in this culture.

When I lived in LA there was a great moment in halftime entertainment. The Clippers (by accident - gotta love the Clippers) hired a dance act that was some kind of all-male modern dance routine. Two guys girating very slowly in all-over silver lycra outfits. The crowd was very confused. It was hilarious.

 

[GoBlazersGo]

I am an avid basketball fan.

O RLY? Well, riddle me this, then, Dick Vitale... name me at least 10 other NBA teams (including both the city and the name of the team). Also, just out of curiosity, who won the NCAA men's and women's basketball championships a few weeks ago?

My favorite team is the Portland Trail Blazers.

Kick-fuckin'-ass, so is mine! <puppy dogs and gum drops>

I have been going to the Memorial Coliseum and Rose Garden since probably before I was even born (cheering in the uterus.. ).

Again, so have I... get to the friggin' point already, lady!

One thing I have noticed in the past couple of years, is the disturbingly stripper-like routines and outfits the Blazer "Dancers" wear.

Me too... aren't they fucking AWESOME!? <crickets>

Now, I know a lot of these girls have been dancing since children but this isn't an art.

Who the fuck died and made you an art critic?

They are strutting around, flashing their ass and shaking their tits.

I know... I fucking LOVE America: where the ass-shaking and boob jiggling isn't only allowed, it's encouraged!

The costumes include booty shorts and bras, ref-dresses, and the shiny boots you see above.

I prefer the hot pants (a.k.a. clam diggers) with the shiny boots. Such a nice combination it'd make an onion cry! In fact, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter don't even have a combination that can touch that ****... combined!

As the popularity of the Blazers continues to rise with the team's ascension to greatness once again, so does the fan base become more diverse.

Whoa, whoa, WHOA... can you please put down the on-line dictionary!? Oh, and at the Nostradamus quatrain. Keep up the good work and you may make quite a name for yourself in another 400+ years, genius!

The Rose Garden is no longer filled with middle aged men and blog nerds; but young kids, girls, boys, women, men, couples, singles, beer enthusiasts, basketball fans, and crowd loving bandwagoners.

No way... say it ain't so! Men, women, children... and basketball fans? What the hell are they doing there, anyways!?

It's wonderful.

Actually, I kinda hate the "bandwagoners"--they're douche-bags.

So what exactly is the message these "dancers" portray?

That they're more fleet of fucking foot than you are, for one, Twinkle Toes!

It's not a good one…

That's flat-out B.S.!

It is obvious that they add sex to what is usually an all male audience.

Now just you wait a cotton-pickin' second... weren't *you* just saying how the crowd "is no longer filled with middle aged men and blog nerds; but young kids, girls, boys, women, men, couples, singles, beer enthusiasts, basketball fans, and crowd loving bandwagoners," or am I mistaken?

Oh, and why not "add sex?" "SEX ROOLZ, SWEET SUZY DROOLZ!11!!1!1"

A feature to the ever increasing sensationalized NBA storyline.

*single tear*

Seriously, just one...

Men watching a bunch of other men sweat profusely is kind of homoerotic... gotta objectify women to prove their virility.

Hey--you hear that!? That's your insecurity alarm going off. Does that mean that when you watch a women's basketball game that you're then a full-on bull-dyke? No, of course not--just like most guys that are into sports aren't pole-smokers. I mean, yeah, I'm sure there are a few regular Richard Simmons' out there that like professional male sports, but, I mean, COME ON... ser-i-ous-ly!

And, again, please put down the god damn on-line dictionary--I already asked you nicely, earlier!

This is degrading and perpetuating debauchery and not something I want to be a part of.

I hate it when people "perpetuate douche-baggery!" I did, however, come across a funny-ass web-site that was dedicated to it a while back, though. It's called HotChickswithDoucheBags.com--check it out!

Wait... what's that? Oh, you didn't say "douche-baggery"... !?

Also, to the parents of the Jr. Blazer Dancers... you are really doing your daughter a disservice.

Well, don't just sit there and type... spank 'em and take their (respective) birthday's away!

Just to let you know

Go back to Pennsylvania, Quaker![/quote]

 

[THE HCP]

http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140570

BOOMSHAKALAKA!

From downtown..............BANG!!!!!!

 

[GoBlazersGo]

From downtown..............BANG!!!!!!

PA-POW!

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

What I'd like to see more of is the stunt squad. Those routines are remarkable.

LOL - is this sarcasm? Explain yourself.

 

[ehizzy3]

honestly i could care less if they got rid of them or not...when im at the game i think i am to into the game to actually enjoy them dancing..maybe if i had front court seats it'd be a different story

 

[blue32]

O RLY? Well, riddle me this, then, Dick Vitale... name me at least 10 other NBA teams (including both the city and the name of the team). Also, just out of curiosity, who won the NCAA men's and women's basketball championships a few weeks ago?




Kick-fuckin'-ass, so is mine! <puppy dogs and gum drops>




Again, so have I... get to the friggin' point already, lady!




Me too... aren't they fucking AWESOME!? <crickets>




Who the fuck died and made you an art critic?




I know... I fucking LOVE America: where the ass-shaking and boob jiggling isn't only allowed, it's encouraged!




I prefer the hot pants (a.k.a. clam diggers) with the shiny boots. Such a nice combination it'd make an onion cry! In fact, Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter don't even have a combination that can touch that ****... combined!




Whoa, whoa, WHOA... can you please put down the on-line dictionary!? Oh, and at the Nostradamus quatrain. Keep up the good work and you may make quite a name for yourself in another 400+ years, genius!




No way... say it ain't so! Men, women, children... and basketball fans? What the hell are they doing there, anyways!?




Actually, I kinda hate the "bandwagoners"--they're douche-bags.




That they're more fleet of fucking foot than you are, for one, Twinkle Toes!




That's flat-out B.S.!




Now just you wait a cotton-pickin' second... weren't *you* just saying how the crowd "is no longer filled with middle aged men and blog nerds; but young kids, girls, boys, women, men, couples, singles, beer enthusiasts, basketball fans, and crowd loving bandwagoners," or am I mistaken?

Oh, and why not "add sex?" "SEX ROOLZ, SWEET SUZY DROOLZ!11!!1!1"




*single tear*

Seriously, just one...




Hey--you hear that!? That's your insecurity alarm going off. Does that mean that when you watch a women's basketball game that you're then a full-on bull-dyke? No, of course not--just like most guys that are into sports aren't pole-smokers. I mean, yeah, I'm sure there are a few regular Richard Simmons' out there that like professional male sports, but, I mean, COME ON... ser-i-ous-ly!

And, again, please put down the god damn on-line dictionary--I already asked you nicely, earlier!




I hate it when people "perpetuate douche-baggery!" I did, however, come across a funny-ass web-site that was dedicated to it a while back, though. It's called HotChickswithDoucheBags.com--check it out!

Wait... what's that? Oh, you didn't say "douche-baggery"... !?




Well, don't just sit there and type... spank 'em and take their (respective) birthday's away!




Go back to Pennsylvania, Quaker!

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rofl, awesome...

 

[Ed O]

I have yet to meet a heterosexual woman who watches men's sports teams because she "loves the game".

You've never seen a fight at a sporting event and you've never met a hetero woman who loves men's sports teams because of the game itself?

Dude.

Really?

Ed O.

 

[maxiep]

LOL - is this sarcasm? Explain yourself.

They go on those platforms at the end of the court on the 200 level and chuck those girls REALLY high. If they drop them, those girls are going to the hospital. Sure I'm a fogey, but I prefer that stuff to the Blazer Dancers. If I'm interested in seeing some skin, I'll swing by the local strip club on the way home.

 

[cloudydays]

I have yet to meet a heterosexual woman who watches men's sports teams because she "loves the game".

They watch, as I'm sure is true of this woman if she really is a fan (which I doubt), to see the athletic bodies on display.

If it bothers her to spend money to go to a game where they have dancers who are prettier and more athletic than her she should save her money and only attend events such as the annual Quilt Show in Sisters, or become a soccer fan.

nah Sophia is a fan of the Blazers, I can vouch for her. She is just "misguided" when it comes to this subject.

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

They go on those platforms at the end of the court on the 200 level and chuck those girls REALLY high. If they drop them, those girls are going to the hospital. Sure I'm a fogey, but I prefer that stuff to the Blazer Dancers. If I'm interested in seeing some skin, I'll swing by the local strip club on the way home.

haha.. I thought you were joking. The guy who runs the Stunt team is a good friend of mine.

 

[maxiep]

haha.. I thought you were joking. The guy who runs the Stunt team is a good friend of mine.

I'm serious. I think that's stuff's really impressive. Am I in the minority?

 

[The Professional Fan]

One married guy even commented he felt guilty about being aroused by the dancers.




http://www.wantonintentions.blogspot.com/

I have to say it, sorry.

What a fucking pussy.

 

[The Professional Fan]

I'm serious. I think that's stuff's really impressive. Am I in the minority?

No. I think it's dangerous stuff, especially, as you said, when they're hucking these girls 30 ft in the air while standing inches away from the 200 level rail. They even do it on the 300 level. Insane.

Plus, all the girls are spinners. I like spinners.

 

[Shooter]

As a visitor to your fair country, I was amazed the first time I saw cheerleaders. A bunch of women whose job it is to root endlessly for a bunch of guys? In little girl outfits? . . . The only reason you don't see that as immensely creepy is because you grew up with it. Of course you don't want it to go away - that would be to admit that a part of your culture is seriously backward.

Reminds me of the first time I went to England and saw a cheese rolling contest. They roll a big wheel of cheese down a hill and everybody chases after it, trying to catch it. Some people end up with broken legs and arms.

Then there's that quaint little tradition in Spain called The Running of the Bulls. People actually run down the street with a herd of angry bulls, and get trampled in the process. Some even die.

My favorite place in Europe is Amsterdam, where the prostitutes stand in the windows in skimpy little negligees and the men stand around gawking at them in packs of about 50 or more. That's a very nice tradition, too.

I wish we were as sophisticated as those countries, but I guess we're just not. (Sigh.)

 

[The Sebastian Express]

The stunt team is amazing because of the risk factor - I agree. The last game I went to (April Laker game) during half-time they had a girl who was on a bendy high-beam held between two guys that she kept jumping off of into the air and flipping. With only a tiny mat to pad her fall (and if she had gone off to the side it she wouldn't have landed on it). I was pretty positive that she wasn't going to land one time and break her neck but she actually landed on everything. It was insane.

Also I'm pretty sure earlier this year that one of the stunt team girls on another team didn't get caught and they had to take her to the hospital.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Human beings have such a fucked-up sense of sexuality in relation to every day life. Let's be honest: sex and the pursuit of it controls 99.5% of our lives. Almost everything we do, say, act like, dress like, talk like, live life like is based around sex. How we look to other males and/or females, how we position ourselves in society, how we interact with people. Over the centuries, religion, culture, and fear/lack of communication has shunted a basic biological function to some type of neither-world pseudo state, to where everyone gets all in a tizzy if it's not dealt with in their own fucked-up worldview of how it should be done.

The author of that blog is just as fucked up as the rest of us when it comes to female/male interactions and sexual acceptance. She chooses, however, to express her worldview in an "I'm right, You're wrong!" forum, which simply incites people to pick sides and defend their OWN worldviews.

It's a wonder humans haven't destroyed themselves yet for the simple problem of not getting laid enough.

 

[Natebishop3]

Every team does it.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Reminds me of the first time I went to England and saw a cheese rolling contest. They roll a big wheel of cheese down a hill and everybody chases after it, trying to catch it. Some people end up with broken legs and arms.

Then there's that quaint little tradition in Spain called The Running of the Bulls. People actually run down the street with a herd of angry bulls, and get trampled in the process. Some even die.

My favorite place in Europe is Amsterdam, where the prostitutes stand in the windows in skimpy little negligees and the men stand around gawking at them in packs of about 50 or more. That's a very nice tradition, too.

I wish we were as sophisticated as those countries, but I guess we're just not. (Sigh.)

The American Empire is taking over the world one cheer squad at a time
Cricket Cheerleaders

Aussie rugby cheerleaders, Lovely

Indian Premier League (cricket)

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