The Cerritos College cheerleaders only cheer at the men’s football and basketball games when in reality they should be cheering for every sport.

Cheerleading was invented for the sole purpose of supporting its teams through organized chants and dances so it should do its job and do so for every team.

Cheerleaders should have to cheer for all teams because it makes football and basketball seem more important than any other sport.

Not only does it make those two sports seem higher prioritized, it also makes it seem like men’s sports deserve more recognition and support than women’s.

Many times, family members will attend a game or event to cheer on only one athlete.

While that may be good for that one athlete, it does not support the team as a whole, and that is what cheerleaders are there to do; to encourage the whole team to win.

Some might say it is annoying to have them cheering because the audience wants to just focus on the game.

What about all of those people around you being loud?

Some want to focus on the game, but there are also people that are there to have fun.

The crowd gets loud. It gets rowdy.

So what is wrong with having cheerleaders there?

If they bothered people so much, the crowd would leave, but it doesn’t.

Sometimes the crowd doesn’t even get in to the game, and afterward it wonders why the team lost.

Support from fans helps motivate the athletes to do their best, and they can get it at every single game from the help of cheerleaders.

Just as cheerleading has evolved from being male dominated to female dominated, cheerleaders should move on from cheering just for football and basketball to cheering for every sport.

Traditions are broken all the time, and the times are changing. That is why the tradition of cheering only for football and basketball needs to change.