2008-09 NCA All*Star Divisions
NCA has released their 2008-2009 All*Star Nationals divisions on Varsity.com. They consisted of 7 Level 1’s, 8 L2’s, 10 L3’s, 9 L4’s, 10 L5’s, 2 L6’s, 2 International, and Special Needs, for a total of 49. NCA will also offer some small gym divisions.
Update: Justin Carrier sent an email saying the initial release had an error with the International Open divisions that has since been corrected.
UCA All*Star Scoring System
UCA has sent out detailed information on their scoring system:
In My Cheer World…
The topic today is things I would change about cheerleading.
- Each company would only be able to host one event billed as a “National Championship”
- NCAA would host the College National Championship
- All*Star Division would have an age floor and ceiling
- Assisted Stunts would score lower than unassisted stunts
- College Rules would be less restrictive
- Cheerleaders and Cheerleading Parents would understand physical attributes are a part of athletics
- Divisions would be combined to ensure every team at every competition competed against someone
- Varsity Brands would count as one company per USASF
- AACCA and USASF would be and appear independent
- USASF would follow its own rules
- Companies could be members of multiple governing organizations (USASF, NLCC, etc.)
- High Schools would be allowed to compete on Spring Floors
- All states would allow teams to compete at Nationals
That’s it for now. I’ll expand on these in the future.
Divide & Conquer
Are there too many options (levels and/or divisions) in All*Star Cheerleading? According to the USASF (USASF Divisions 2006-07), a senior aged All*Star female can compete in the following divisions. (This list doesn’t include the “Open”, “International Open”, or the generic “Senior” and “Senior Coed” divisions):
- Small Senior Level 1
- Small Senior Level 2
- Small Senior Level 3
- Small Senior Level 4
- Small Senior Level 5
- Large Senior Level 1
- Large Senior Level 2
- Large Senior Level 3
- Large Senior Level 4
- Large Senior Level 5
- Senior Limited Coed Level 3
- Senior Limited Coed Level 4
- Senior Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 3
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 4
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 3
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 4
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 5
How about Senior males:
- Senior Limited Coed Level 3
- Senior Limited Coed Level 4
- Senior Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 3
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 4
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 3
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 4
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 5
How about a Level 5 Senior female:
- Small Senior Level 5
- Large Senior Level 5
- Senior Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 5
How about Level 5 Senior males:
- Senior Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Semi-Limited Coed Level 5
- Senior Unlimited Coed Level 5
Are all of these divisions and levels necessary? Are more options needed? How does this impact competition? If more options are needed, should divisions or levels be added? If fewer, should divisions or levels be reduced? Please share your thoughts.
If You Ain’t Cheatin’, You Ain’t Tryin’
Last weekend at Jamfest Cheer Super Nationals (January 19-21), there were multiple allegations of teams cheating by using over aged athletes. So far at least some of the allegations appear to be true. Midwest Cheer Elite, after initially being awarded a 3rd place trophy, is now listed as finishing in last (7th) place without a score. Midwest owners, coaches, and athletes have been called all sorts of names over the incident, replying by stating they were not aware the athlete was overage. They aren’t the first team to face repercussions for cheating (think Cheer Athletics last season) or the only team to be accused of cheating in their division at JAMfest, but so far no evidence has been supplied to support the other claims.
Allegations of cheating in All*Star cheerleading date back as long as All*Star cheerleading has been around, but so far few of the allegations have been confirmed. There is no surprise most of the allegations have centered around some of the top teams, including Top Gun, Georgia, and Kentucky Elite. Some say the competition companies need to do a better job of verifying age, while others say the USASF needs to step in. Let us know what you think.
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