The NFL requires players to be three years removed from high school before they are eligible to play in the League. NFL owners recognize that 18- to 21-year-old cheerleaders are in their athletic prime, and therefore, have no such prohibition. Deadspin has the least creepy coverage of the story of the high school cheerleader making the New England Patriot cheerleading squad.
Judging from the comments on Deadspin and WithLeather (a few funny, tasteful ones listed below), how is this nubile, young sex object any more prepared to handle the potential dangers that lurk in the NFL (on the Internet and other very real places) than a hulking football player that is, say, two years removed from high school? A NFL owners understand that young sex objects and older, more mature football players are both good for business.
A couple funny (and not all that offensive) comments from Deadspin:
I for one am appalled at high school kids jumping immediately to the professional ranks. They're not fully developed, and really need a year or two in an NCAA program to prepare them for such a life.
/NCAA spokesman
I'm appalled!
/Allison Stokke's dad
How's her mom?
/Belichik
Judging from the comments on Deadspin and WithLeather (a few funny, tasteful ones listed below), how is this nubile, young sex object any more prepared to handle the potential dangers that lurk in the NFL (on the Internet and other very real places) than a hulking football player that is, say, two years removed from high school? A NFL owners understand that young sex objects and older, more mature football players are both good for business.
A couple funny (and not all that offensive) comments from Deadspin:
I for one am appalled at high school kids jumping immediately to the professional ranks. They're not fully developed, and really need a year or two in an NCAA program to prepare them for such a life.
/NCAA spokesman
I'm appalled!
/Allison Stokke's dad
How's her mom?
/Belichik
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