Comments on: But I’m a litigious cheerleader

By: SmooveB

SmooveB — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:19:35 +0000

If she wins and forces her way onto the squad, she had better not volunteer to be the one tossed up in the air.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:07:36 +0000

Cheerleaders end up being the popular girls. Hopw popular does this girl think she will be after this?

As to canceling the entire squad, you would be punishing the other six students for no reason and giving victory to the soon to be plaintiff. ‘If I can’t have it, no one can.’.

By: Albatross

Albatross — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:52:11 +0000

I agree with Deoxy. I grew up in Texas, and this case is stupid. It’s nothing more than a lawyer parent abusing her learning to help keep her kid spoiled.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:44:32 +0000

“Although I’m not a fan and this case does seem frivolous, from what I hear of the great importance of football and cheerleading in Texas, this case may be less trivial in the local context than it seems to most of us.”

I live and grew up in Texas, and it’s trivial to me.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:13:20 +0000

I’m not sure it would be fair to put pressure on the girl – this may well be her parents’ doing.

Although I’m not a fan and this case does seem frivolous, from what I hear of the great importance of football and cheerleading in Texas, this case may be less trivial in the local context than it seems to most of us. (That of course doesn’t mean that the parents have a cause of action, just that what they want may be more important than it would be to us.)

By: LAN3

LAN3 — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:50:46 +0000

I dunno about dropping the squad, Dick– peer pressure could mean damages for emotional distress!

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:19:00 +0000

The school should just cancel the cheerleading squad this year. Let’s see how their little darling likes peer pressure, instead of legal system extortion.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:16:27 +0000

While I am obviously not a fan of frivolous lawsuits, I will have to admit that it is better solution than the alternative .

By: Xmas

Xmas — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:26:58 +0000

But I’m A Cheerleader is a great movie.