According to an Alpine 6 Action News exclusive poll, 90% of American football fans would rather watch a bunch of sweaty, burly men do a Tush Push rather than occasionally see a couple twinks dance on the sideline.

The poll was initiated after NFL fans said they were going to boycott the NFL after the Minnesota Vikings announced that the team hired two male cheerleaders to lead the cheer team this year.

“It is a time-honored American tradition to objectify women in tiny skirts dancing between downs,” said Henry Fowler, 66, a lifelong Vikings fan. “How the hell am I supposed to connect with my bros over which cheerleaders we want to have sex with if there’s dudes in the mix? Are we just supposed to watch the game and talk stats and pretend like we know the rules of the game? Sounds gay.”

“This is something you’d expect to see in the Canadian football league, not here in the U.S. of A.,” said Sean Williams, 40, who is not legally allowed within 500 feet of schools.

When pressed about the outrage from fans, NFL leadership scoffed at the idea these fans wouldn’t tune in to watch any games this season.

“Am I concerned? No,” said Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL. “These are the same people who said they were going to boycott the league when Colin Kaepernick knelt for the National Anthem, or when we continued to sell Bud Light when they hired Dylan Mulvaney as a spokeswoman, or when Taylor Swift attended games to support her boyfriend. But guess what? They still showed up and ratings are better than ever.”

Despite the ongoing outrage, several people have come to the defense of the NFL saying there are male cheerleaders at all levels of competition, from high school to college and the pros, and this current rage is simply nothing more than rage bait to get engagement on social media.

“If you watch any level of competitive cheerleading, most of the top teams have male teammates,” said Tad Crater, a member of the 1994 D1 cheerleading national championship team. “Why? Because men can typically do a better job lifting, holding, and throwing the girls. Having dudes on your team just makes sense if you want to win.”

Sarah Goldfinger, a clinical psychologist, says that the outrage toward male cheerleaders is likely a simple emotional outburst toward a different underlying problem.

“You only see cheerleaders on the TV for about two minutes out of a two hour game. When we see men and women being outraged by these young men pursuing their passion for cheerleading, but I think it’s just a symptom of something deeper,” said Goldfinger. “For example, when Kaepernick knelt for the flag, they were actually mad that a person of color was expressing their first amendment rights. When Dylan was the spokeswoman for Bud Light, they were just confused as to why they were getting rock hard to a woman they perceived as a man. And when Taylor showed up to games, they were mad that a woman was more successful than them.”

Goldfinger’s advice to everyone who’s angry at NFL teams that are hiring male cheerleaders: just let it go.

“Having male cheerleaders has absolutely zero effect on the outcome of the game,” said Goldfinger. “If you can’t simply move on, maybe you need to talk with someone who can help diagnose what’s wrong with you, because you have no issue watching a quarterback put his hands in the groin of grown man during the snap, but you have a problem with a man cheering for his team on the sideline. That’s messed up.”

The NFL season begins with the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Dallas Cowboys, September 4th, 2025.


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