Posted on 08/12/2025 2:16:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Some Minnesota Vikings fans have threatened to cancel their season tickets following the team’s hiring of a male cheerleader.
A new dancer named Blaize has joined the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders (MVC), a move that some consider to be somewhat groundbreaking.
While a male football cheerleader is hardly a novelty, Blaize’s role is different. He is expected to perform the same dance-based routines as his female teammates.
His inclusion on the Vikings’ official dance roster is part of a seemingly growing trend, where teams such as the Los Angeles and New Orleans Saints have welcomed males into their cheer squads.
Uh Oh: Multiple Vikings fans are upset that the team has hired a male cheerleader for this upcoming season and are threatening to cancel their season tickets.
Minnesota believes in promoting gender equality. pic.twitter.com/102drCmZaL
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 10, 2025 The new cheerleader isn’t part of a separate stunt or co-ed like the men seen in college cheerleading. He’s been completely integrated into the dance team format, which is what some people have a problem with.
“I don’t think the problem is male cheerleaders. Those have existed forever. Nobody wants a man PRETENDING he’s a female cheerleader,” one wrote on X.
— Monica Howell (@Monicaaa_Howell) August 10, 2025
“He’s a man PRETENDING to be a female cheerleader,” another chimed in.
He's a man PRETENDING to be a female cheerleader. — Matt Paulus 🇺🇸 (@mdpaulus) August 10, 2025
“Canceling my ticket!!!🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ don’t be this bs to NFL,” someone else claimed.
Canceling my ticket!!!🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ don’t be this bs to NFL — vinatage (@Trendingstuff9) August 10, 2025
Can Minnesota Vikings Fans Really Cancel Their Season Tickets Over A Dancer?
The Vikings have long been advocates of inclusivity and community engagement. As such, Blaize is expected to appear at home games, promotional events, and local outreach programs.
It remains to be seen whether fans will actually cancel tickets, but even that’s not easy as NFL teams generally don’t issue refunds for personal reasons, which suggests that any such claims are likely more talk than action.
You’d have to go to a strip club to look at as many women’s crotches as a male cheerleader/gymnastics does in one game.
My college also had male cheerleaders...but no one complained even they looked TOTALLY GAY.
Walz wants this guys job after he leaves the Governor’s mansion.
No kidding. I suppose a gynecologist sees even more ... In any case, he had two steady girlfriends when I knew him. Both were very pretty, and neither was a cheerleader.
At least do a preview before posting you images! Ghaaad!
A lot of gynecologist turn gay. I knew a guy in high school that stayed in town and got a job at the local hospital as an assistant OBGYN.
Saw him once later when visiting from college and he said just the sight eventually disgusted him. He had to deal with a lot of unhygienic rural women.
Found out he became gay.
He reminds of the guy that gave George Constanza a massage in which George thought he “felt it move.”
Like the vikings care.
There is probably a waiting list...
Good for those fans. This is nonsense. If you’re gonna have cheerleaders, they should be HOT and female. If you want to have males in there, give them male roles.
People pretending to be something they are not is fine in their own home. Don’t expect the normal people, of which there are MANY, to accept this nonsense though.
So was Trent Lott miss
Good
Tone deaf
🤢🤮😦
Some places haven’t gotten the “we don’t like weirdos anymore” memo yet.
Wow they still have cheerleaders? They almost never show them. What’s up with that. If I were the technical director they’d be on half the time. Watch, now they’ll be showing this clown.
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