Cheerleaders in professional basketball leagues like the NBA are very similar to cheerleaders found in professional soccer leagues. Squads are usually made up of dance teams or cheer squads and the focus is on the support of the team they are cheering for. Cheerleading teams on professional basketball teams, like those on professional soccer teams, spend a lot of time in the public relations arena. Most of his time is spent promoting the basketball team itself and participating in the team’s fundraising efforts for various agencies.
Cheerleaders are believed to have started in the 1800s and were primarily popular on the high school and college scene until around 1960 when she made her debut on the professional sports field with the Baltimore Colts claiming the right to be the first team. of the NFL to have a standing ovation. team. However, the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League are credited with making cheer squads what they are today and it gained so much popularity that professional basketball teams joined in as well.
The NBA’s first cheerleading team is believed to have appeared with the Indiana Pacers in the 1972-1973 season and the trend grew from there.
As in the NFL, cheerleaders tend to do other things and are not “airheaded” as the stereotype wants them to be. In fact, many have become quite famous in their own right. An example is Paula Abdul. She began her long career as a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers and went on to become a renowned recording artist and most recently as one of the judges for the world-renowned American Idol television show. It was recently confirmed that he will go on to star in Simon Cowell’s new show “X-Factor,” scheduled to debut in the United States in the summer and fall months when American Idol is not running.
However, she is not the only one to achieve even greater fame. Next, we find that Bonnie Jill-Laflin was not only a cheerleader for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, but she was also on the Dallas Cowboys cheer squad for a period of time. She went the extra mile to make guest appearances on shows like Ally McBeal and Baywatch, among other things, before recently settling into her new job as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Los Angeles Clippers cheerleader Eve Torres is currently a WWE diva on the RAW brand. She herself is a former professional wrestler and also works as a model and actress.
It’s not that difficult to become a cheerleader for a professional basketball team or join one of the dance teams. The most important thing they are looking for is women who are physically fit and in good shape. The interested candidate should also be able to dance and learn new dances and movements as directed by the team choreographer. There is a lot of hard work involved and while the pay is not that great, many of the cheerleaders use this to catapult their careers into other areas.