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NBA Teams Are Slowly Eliminating All-Female Dance Squads. Dancers Say That's Sexist.
Time ^ | July 29, 2019 | Paige Skinner

Posted on 07/30/2019 12:24:04 PM PDT by C19fan

On May 15, an executive with the Sacramento Kings told 48 female contract employees on a conference call that the team would be “evolving” their dance squad, and the women’s contracts would end June 30.

The 48 women made up the official Kings Dancers, the elderly dance team The Classics, and the dance team for the G-League affiliate, the Stockton Kings. The Breakers, a break-dancing team made up of seven male dancers, were not on the call, nor were the co-ed entertainment teams: The Dunking Ushers, Drumline, 91Sticks, and the Sacramento Kings Street Team.

According to two women who were on the call, the executive told them that the Kings were moving in a “more inclusive” direction and would eliminate the three all-female teams, replacing the Kings Dancer and The Classics with a co-ed hip-hop team called the 916 Crew, and replacing the Stockton Kings dancers with a co-ed multi-discipline street team called 209 Hype. The women were encouraged to try out, but were not guaranteed a spot on the new teams—the same process required of them each season. One member of The Classics joked during the call, “I think I can hip, but I don’t think I can hop.”

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: feminism; metoo; nba
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#MeToo hits women hardest.. LOL!!!!
1 posted on 07/30/2019 12:24:04 PM PDT by C19fan
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The End is near.


2 posted on 07/30/2019 12:24:59 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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So… they’re out of work. Ok. You win


3 posted on 07/30/2019 12:27:06 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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I commented about when news stories came out about women from these squads complaining about pay and work conditions the teams should simply eliminate the squads as they have become too much trouble. Looks like some franchises are following my advice.


4 posted on 07/30/2019 12:28:36 PM PDT by C19fan
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David Beckham is deeply saddened.

5 posted on 07/30/2019 12:29:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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6 posted on 07/30/2019 12:30:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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why the F are the left making sure we all turn into faggots?


7 posted on 07/30/2019 12:31:11 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards from our company & did so happily at every election since 2008. I hope all libs die.)
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Let’s have one of every sex. Apparently, there are many.


8 posted on 07/30/2019 12:31:44 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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“The wave started last July, when the Toronto Raptors announced that they would add men to their previously all-female dance team. A month later, the San Antonio Spurs dissolved their all-female Silver Dancers and replaced them with a “family-friendly co-ed hype team.” (Both teams declined request for comment.)” - TIME

Interesting! This is good development then no?


9 posted on 07/30/2019 12:34:13 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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Ask them how that feminist movement has been helping them out lately.

They could join the mma but men are dominating women there and many other sports as well.

They're getting what they deserve.


10 posted on 07/30/2019 12:34:33 PM PDT by ssfromla
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If I could stop laughing I could form an intelligent post.
Maybe they can get jobs ‘cheering’ for ‘tranny weight lifters’...*gasp


11 posted on 07/30/2019 12:35:29 PM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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Drag Queen Diva Dance Squads beginning in 5... 4... 3... 2...


12 posted on 07/30/2019 12:36:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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Orlando Magic dumped the Magic Dancers for the co-ed hip hope dance SQUAD. Like I need another reason to not watch the NBA.


13 posted on 07/30/2019 12:36:40 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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We all know the main reason the dancers are upset is they lost easy access to high socioeconomic men.


14 posted on 07/30/2019 12:36:59 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: dfwgator

Knew it was you!


15 posted on 07/30/2019 12:37:39 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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Beauty
That quality that, when observed
Causes the sensation of pleasure

Beautiful music, picture, landscape, woman

The “Dancers” are there to enhance the fan’s experience
at the game, so they will spend more money

I guarantee, male dancers will NOT enhance
the experience of the vast majority of the fans
And will in fact detract from it

Not a good business model


16 posted on 07/30/2019 12:38:06 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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“Down your throat, in your face”

Homofascists never sought equality, their Pride marches are Homo Supremacist activities. And most corporations bow down to it and fly the freak flag. No criticism permitted.


17 posted on 07/30/2019 12:38:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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There is no right to force basketball teams to have dancers.

Or female dancers for that matter.

Its time to end that crap anyway, people just look at their bodies, not their minds. Its degrading.


18 posted on 07/30/2019 12:39:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Renkluaf

I think there are about 56 different gender identities now?

You would need a very large dance team to have all of the identities represented. And moreso if the team had to have proportional representation of all identities.


19 posted on 07/30/2019 12:40:24 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Wrong! I know some of these girls from the Magic’s cheer team. Most aren’t even in the conversation regarding dating or whatever.


20 posted on 07/30/2019 12:40:35 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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