Friday, 01 February 2013
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Ravens Cheerleader BANNED from Super Bowl for Weight Gain?
My jaw literally hit the floor when I heard about the idiotic move by the Baltimore Ravens, who banned 5-year veteran cheerleader Courtney Lenz from participating in the Super Bowl game because she "had a rough year."Her rough year? Gaining less than 2 pounds.
While the reason for the Ravens' move is still in debate, many sources are saying that it was a direct response to her gaining a few measly pounds over the course of the past few months. Lenz weighs, with the "weight gain," about 125 pounds.
Some sources say that it's not weight-related, but rather related to the fact that she announced her retirement at the end of this season. Ravens' representatives are saying that they "simply cannot take the whole cheerleading squad."
It's no wonder that women are self-critical and self-judgmental. When you hear about stories like this, or see magazines critiquing weight gain of celebrities… what else could the world expect?
Well I'll tell you this. Although I'm also a victim of feeling the overwhelming pressure to have a Victoria's Secret-level body, I think that all women are beautiful in one way or another.
To the women with the already VS-approved bodies, understand that we're proud of you and your dedication to maintain your level of fitness.
To the women, like me, challenging themselves everyday to get there – or to just get healthier, both physically and emotionally – I congratulate you and encourage you on your path to a new you. You're beautiful, we all are... And I would keep you all on my own personal cheerleading squad.
What do you think about this story? Do you think professional cheerleaders should expect this kind of treatment due to their line of work? Or do you think the Baltimore Ravens are completely in the wrong about this? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
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Comments (21)
If you get hired for your looks, you can get fired for your looks.
@QuantumStorm@xanga - this. Seriously. She is a cheerleader. Sure she needs to have talent, but she needs to meet whatever standards they have for looks as well. I meet the standards for whatever job I get hired to do. If I were hired for my looks, I would maintain them to the standard they set.
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As far as the rest of the post is concerned, after a certain age, women need to stop looking to the media for approval. IAfter a certain age it is kind of ridiculous. You learn to accept and work with what you have or you fix the things you can fix.
Not all cheerleaders can make it to the Superbowl. She's just bitter cause she couldn't go.
First off, she was kicked out of the cheerleading team on her first year for DUI while underage. They took her back and gave her a chance. Strike one.
Second, she slacked off for most of her time as a cheerleader. Strike two.
Third, she has seniority on the other cheerleaders, but that doesn't mean anything. She was not voted team captain, which is voted by her peers. So she held a grudge and didn't conduct herself in the right manner this season. Strike three.
She found a full time job and told the team this will be her last year. Her contract ended with the last playoff game at New England. There are 60 cheerleaders with the Ravens. If they took 59 cheerleaders and left her, then it's an issue. But that's not the case. Other cheerleaders didnt make the cut for the Superbowl.
She's not telling the truth. It's not about weight. It's about a cheerleader who has not conducted herself properly for most of her tenure with the Ravens and held a grudge for not making it as team captain.
Carry on.
It seems like there are several legitimate reasons for her not going. Her weight is only being mentioned by her.
this gives "x VS y" a whole new meaning. i like.
You can literally pick your jaw up off the floor and literally brush the dirt off your chin. Literally get yourself a dictionary too...
Actually, you ought to try reading the article you posted....
"The Ravens defended Lenz's omission,telling ABC they trimmed the 60-member squad to the NFL-allowed 32 for
the big game based on seniority, performance and personal conduct. Lenz
said she believed the team was retaliating for her leaving the squad."
So she thinks it was because
she was quitting the squad. Where does it say she was left off the Super Bowl roster due to weight gain?
"...Lenz wrote she was told by the team that she had a "rough year." Shealso said she had been benched for a few games because she had gained
weight -- "no more than two pounds" she added."
Nowhere in this article does it correlate the weight gain to the "rough year", nor does it support
yourtheory that she was left off the Super Bowl roster due to weight gain.
Case closed.
weight gain or not, if you knew this was what you were getting yourself into then you shouldn't be surprised when they let you go. it's kinda something you should of prepared for from the get-go.
@StupidSystemus@xanga - Thanks for straightening out the story. What you said sounds a lot more believable.
Even if she was just not taken because of her weight, I would judge that it was a hell of a lot more than two pounds given some earlier and later videos I have seen.
2 pounds? A fluctuation that small can happen from morning to afternoon. ridiculous
I don't think this is an issue of weight gain tbh. I think she's just bitter.
But to the people who are saying that your hired for looks and to maintain it and stuff, yeah that makes sense. But if it WAS a couple pounds. That could be anything. Medication, lack of sleep, depression, a lot of things can throw your body out of weight. No one's really perfect, and it's brutal for anyone to comment on anyone's weight. Cheerleader, celebrity....anything of that nature.
@raiderjester@xanga - SHE claimed she was left off the team due to gaining 1.8 lbs. That was her claim and her story, not the author's.
Pretty random but, it would be awesome to invite the female Super Bowl audience to come down and cheer lead during over time.
If you want the job, follow the rules. If you have a problem with the rules, then don't be surprised if you lose your job. I'm so sick of this shit. It's like Abercrombie and Fitch only hiring pretty thin people. They have a right to hire who they want to. Stop throwing a fit every time you don't get what you want.
I agree that standards should be kept for certain positions, but two pounds? Somewhere a line needs to be drawn. I don't believe that the two pounds was actually the reason behind it, but if it were I don't understand why so many people on here believe that should be okay.
This post is ridiculous. I don't know the validity of the cheerleader's or anyone's claims, but based on this post, this is my response. Itt's a shallow job. A lot of things in life is based on how you look. I have nothing against anyone solely based on looks, but if you're in the business of looking good, you better look good.
That's just life.
Yeah right - only 2 lbs gained. Please give me a break. This denial reminds me of octomom who said she didn't have a tummy tuck. This cheerleader's either stupid or she's really stupid to think she can fool all the women around the world. We ALL know gaining 2 lbs will not make her look like she does now compare to her in the past.
As for being suspended/fired, whatever, ok, if she were hired for her brains, say, a neurosurgeon, and they fired her for gaining two lbs, then yeah, drop your jaw to the ground but you are over reacting to the cheerleader's situation.
someone didn't do their research before posting this blog...
i highly doubt a 2-lb weight gain was the reason why she got fired.
Wait...there were cheerleaders at the Superbowl?
@ladygloom@xanga - except that, unless I was reading a different article/watching a different video, she never actually said that. The reporter said it, but not the cheerleader. She said that "anybody who had disciplinary action taken throughout the season was automatically disqualified" and tried to infer that her ONLY disciplining came from gaining weight, but then that other people who had gained weight were still going. 1) She's kind of contradicting herself there (and nullifying her own argument since the others got to go) and 2) Obviously her "disciplinary action" stems out much further than just gaining two pounds.
Like the lady says in the end, pulling out the "gained weight" card is only setting her back, and she's only trying for her own 15 minutes of fame.