The Topcats are required to sign a code of conduct which clearly rules out brawling in public not to mention licentious acts.Įach cheerleader lists her favourite charities on the Panthers' website and many Topcats cite their faith in God as their guiding principle. In the past, several famous football players have been forgiven by their teams for minor crimes or lapses of chivalry.īut standards may be higher for cheerleaders. Some have asked whether, if the football players themselves had been accused of similar misbehaviour, would they have been instantly sacked? There have been reams of comment in newspapers and on the internet. "If we were losing, it would be worse."Įlsewhere, however, the story has been greeted with prurient hilarity. "The good news is that the Panthers are winning so we can forget about the other stuff," said Greg, a student. It's so embarrassing for this town."Īt the latest Panthers game in Charlotte, fans were eager to move on from the scandal. "Imagine if she was a cheerleader with all this happening. "I'm so relieved it wasn't for her," she said. Her six-year-old daughter had tried cheerleading but soon gave up. "Cheerleading is ridiculous from the ground up," she said. The Panthers' public relations office is not returning calls and Renee and Angela's pictures have already disappeared from the official website.Ī mother at my son's school had nothing but contempt for the cheerleaders. The event has caused some serious shame in Charlotte which is a medium-sized "all-American" city with aspirations to greatness, a big financial industry and several massive churches almost as big as the football stadium.Įntire neighbourhoods are enveloped in the Panthers' colours of turquoise and black when a game is on. While Angela has been charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, Renee is in bigger trouble because she faces charges of causing harm to another person and of giving a false name. Well, she is not a cheerleader any more and neither is Angela, who has also been suspended from her day job as a nurse. Renee was apparently screaming: "I'm a Panthers cheerleader, you need to let me go. She says that after the punch she grabbed Renee's wrists to restrain her.
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The alleged victim was Melissa Holden, who later appeared on TV sporting a large black eye. They started shouting at Angela and Renee who are then said to have come out fighting. Whatever they were really doing, the time they took to do it enraged other women queuing to use the toilets.
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