NFL platforms ‘child-friendly’ drag queen cheerleaders



The NFL is pushing hard for male cheerleaders, with 12 of the teams featuring a DEI cheer lineup this season.

The Baltimore Ravens will have 19 male cheerleaders on their squad.

While fans are not happy, some claim that there have always been male cheerleaders — but there is a major difference between the male cheerleaders of the past and present.

“There are certain teams I saw this with the Rams when I had season tickets in the early '90s. They were at Anaheim Stadium. There were the regular Ram cheerleaders that wore the regular, skimpy suits, kind of looked like they were doing gymnastics,” BlazeTV contributor Steve Kim says on “Fearless with Jason Whitlock.”


“And there’s also a cheer squad, which they had, they were much more innocent, right? And those groups had big muscular guys because someone had to lift the girls and catch them as they’re doing the flips,” he continues.

“They were not acting or dressed like they were feminine. Like, you could tell those guys were in good shape. ... When you’re acting very feminine and sexualizing it, I think that’s the issue that certain people are having,” he adds.

BlazeTV contributor and former NFL wide receiver TJ Moe jokes that he is “one of those people.”

“Look, this is very flamboyant. It’s very gay. It’s openly, obviously, both of those things. There's no argument against that. Anybody who has a pair of eyes would tell you that. It’s the logical extension of, you know, the first openly trans cheerleader with Carolina that happened a few years ago,” Moe says.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock agrees with both Kim and Moe and isn’t surprised by the NFL’s move to force male cheerleaders down fans' throats.

“The NFL, I have low expectations for it. It bothers me that they’re going along with this. All this is a softer, more effective, child-friendly drag show. That's all this is. It's more effective,” Whitlock says.

“Your 8-year-old son says, ‘Daddy who’s this gym guy, and why is he dressed like a girl, what’s going on here?’ ... it just sparks conversations and puts thoughts in kids' heads,” he adds.

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Minnesota Vikings cheerleader squad includes 2 males — and many fans are not happy about it



The Minnesota Vikings football team announced the inclusion of two males on its cheerleader squad, and some fans were not terribly thrilled about the decision.

Queerty, a website advocating the gay agenda, called the response "homophobic" and identified the two male cheerleaders as Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn.

'I wish I never saw this. It's truly heartbreaking. I cannot associate with this mess.'

Some fans said on social media that they were done with the team, and other commentators criticized the decision.

"As much as I love my Minnesota Vikings, I will not be supporting them any longer after I found out they have a male cheerleader. Im so done with this woke, bulls**t!" one user said.

"I wish I never saw this. It's truly heartbreaking. I cannot associate with this mess. Come on @Vikings Be Better! Do Better! Stand for Something," another user replied.

"Minnesota @Vikings put gay male cheerleaders in their squad. I'll never go to another game. I used to be a season ticket holder with 4 seats on the 35 yard line 12 rows up," replied one user, who said he stopped going to games during the national anthem kneeling protests.

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Some said they were supportive of the male cheerleaders, but not if they were presented in a "girly" manner.

"I have no problem with this. Male athleticism is freaking impressive!" one user said. "And he's not in full makeup and a skirt, so good for him! Just keep him 'guyish' and don't make him girly."

"This is an embarrassment @Vikings. If you want to have male cheerleaders fine, but not in this fashion," another user said.

"I personally don't care there's a dude on the cheer team, but like dudes have a role on a cheer team. Make him a dude. He's acting as a woman. And it's degrading to everyone involved," another detractor replied.

The Vikings will begin their regular season on Sept. 8 against the Chicago Bears. Queerty pointed out that 11 other NFL teams will include male cheerleaders this season.

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Former NFL player helps stop carjacking in front of daycare center he operates with his wife: 'I was trying to pull him out and slam the door on his leg'



When would-be carjackers saw former NFL cornerback Robert Blanton bolting out of Kiddie Academy daycare in Edina, Minnesota, last Wednesday and running toward them, they had the right idea in trying to get away.

Image source: WCCO-TV video screenshot

Blanton, 32, runs the daycare center with his wife, Erin, and was inside the facility with his daughter when he saw a woman struggling with one of the carjackers outside, WCCO-TV reported.

Image source: WCCO-TV video screenshot

What went down?

Edina police told the station that two men confronted the woman around 4 p.m. outside Kiddie Academy, and one of them demanded her keys. She complied, WCCO said, after which she grabbed her purse and ran toward the locked entrance of the daycare center.

Problem is, the carjacker wanted her purse, too, and he ran after the woman, the station said.

Blanton stands six feet and one inch tall, played at 208 pounds, made 177 tackles during his career, and didn't retire too long ago — so he can still hoof it like all pro defensive backs as you can see from surveillance video of the incident.

“I just bolted out the door,” Blanton told WCCO.

When Blanton got outside, the suspect ran and jumped into a vehicle where the other carjacker was waiting, the station said: “I was trying to pull him out and slam the door on his leg."

Image source: WCCO-TV video screenshot

Blanton can be heard on outdoor surveillance video yelling at the carjackers to get out of the vehicle, WCCO said, adding that Blanton said they tried running him over until he had to let go, and the suspects drove away.

“Attacking a parent at pick up from preschool is one of the more vulnerable people we have in our community,” he told station afterward.

The suspects' vehicle had been taken during a carjacking earlier in the day in Richfield, WCCO reported, adding that it was found abandoned later in St. Louis Park. No weapons were involved, and no one was hurt in the incident, the station said.

He says he's not a hero

Blanton — who played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2012 to 2015 and then for the Buffalo Bills from 2016 to 2017 before retiring — told WCCO he's "definitely not a hero" for doing what he did.

But the mother is, he said.

“I think the mom is a hero for fighting back and standing up for herself and allowing time [for me] to come and help her," Blanton added to the station.

Anything else?

Police are still searching for the suspects, who got away in a Chevy Traverse with Minnesota license plates reading NLV852, according to WCCO.

Whitlock: NFL COVID policy turning quarterback Kirk Cousins into Muhammad Ali



You don't have to agree with Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins' decision to remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, but you should respect his courage and conviction. It reminds me of Muhammad Ali.

Cousins spent a week in the NFL's COVID penalty box, the reserve/COVID-19 list. A Vikings backup quarterback, Kellen Mond, tested positive for COVID-19. Cousins came in close contact with Mond, and because Cousins is unvaccinated he was sent home and unable to practice with the team. The 32-year-old quarterback missed four practices.

"It was disappointing to miss practice," Cousins said Thursday when he was finally allowed to return to practice. "In my entire college and pro career, I have not missed four practices. So to miss four practices in one week and not have COVID was frustrating, disappointing."

Cousins told the media he remains committed to not taking the vaccine. He said he will follow the league's burdensome protocols for unvaccinated players. This pronouncement has put him in the corporate and social media crosshairs. He will likely remain a target of the vaxx mob throughout the season. Cousins signed a two-year, $66 million contract extension last year. The big paycheck puts a big target on Cousins' back.

There was a time when small segments of the mainstream media would rally around a public figure willing to defy the establishment and risk ridicule.

Muhammad Ali comes to mind. In fact, Cousins' noncompliance is analogous to Ali's bold stance to reject induction into the military. Ali stood on religious principle and common sense.

"I am a member of the black Muslims, and we don't go to no wars unless they're declared by Allah himself," Ali told Robert Lipsyte of the New York Times in 1967. "I don't have no personal quarrel with those Vietcongs."

Coincidentally, Ali never said "no Vietcong ever called me n****r." That's a Hollywood and corporate media fabrication. It was a popular phrase among anti-war protesters that was later attributed to Ali to give the declaration more weight and traction.

But back to Cousins. He and other, healthy, in-their-prime professional athletes have no quarrel with those coronaviruses. No coronavirus ever called an NFL quarterback to a hospital bed. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has tested positive for it twice.

Maryland's Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is trying to pressure Jackson into getting the vaccine. He issued a statement two days ago about Jackson's vaxx status.

"With the rules the NFL put down, I can't imagine a team wanting to forfeit a game or lose a chance at the playoffs and none of the players getting paid because someone won't get a vaccine."

The criticism of Jackson will be muted. It's too high risk. He's black and we know corporate and social media fear criticizing black people. That's racist! Cousins doesn't have the right complexion for that connection. His critics are free to lambaste them however they please. Cousins' dad is apparently fair game.

The anti-Trump, pro-Colin Kaepernick Twitter feed Resist Programming spent much of Thursday attacking Don Cousins, Kirk's dad who is a minister at Discovery Church in Orlando, Florida. To his more than 1 million followers, former NBA player-turned-left wing Twitter troll Rex Chapman recirculated a video of Don Cousins complaining during a sermon that it's tough to hear the voice of God because of cancel culture and critical race theory in academia.

According to Twitter, Don Cousins' religious beliefs are a bad look for Kirk Cousins. You know, the same way Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X's religious beliefs were a bad look for Muhammad Ali.

This isn't about whether you believe in Ali's anti-war stance, or his religious convictions. This is about consistency of point of view. You can't pretend to love Muhammad Ali and hate Kirk Cousins. It's inconsistent.

I can hear my critics. "Jason, it's inconsistent for you to respect Ali and ridicule Colin Kaepernick."

No. It's not. Ali stood on his religious convictions. Whether I agree with everything the Nation of Islam believes is irrelevant to me respecting a man or woman for upholding their religious tenants. Kaepernick, as far as I know, stands on no religious principle. He's a Marxist tool, a communist sympathizer. Black Lives Matter is an atheist movement. Kaepernick's stance was far more opportunistic than principled. Ali actually believed in his actions.

So does Kirk Cousins. His father and Christianity taught Cousins not to be controlled by irrational fear. Fear is what is driving vaccination insanity. Cousins does not fit the profile of someone who could be harmed by COVID. It makes perfect sense for him to be reluctant to inject an experimental, non-FDA-approved drug into his healthy body.

The people pressuring him to do so are not concerned with Cousins' health or the health of Cousins' family. They're concerned about themselves, including Cousins' head coach Mike Zimmer. Zimmer wants things to be easier for the Vikings and himself.

The rest of the vaxx mob just wants Cousins and everyone else to take the same risk they have in taking the experimental jab. It's a cult applying pressure to nonbelievers.

I respect Cousins' decision to stand firm in his beliefs.

NFL coach drags unvaccinated players, Americans after outbreak: 'I'm frustrated with ... everybody'



Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer didn't hide his feelings toward unvaccinated players and Americans over the weekend, arguing those who choose not to get vaccinated "don't understand" the risks.

After the team was left with only one active quarterback on the roster ahead of a public training camp session Saturday night, Zimmer expressed palatable frustration while speaking with reporters.

"It's why people should get vaccinated," Zimmer said in reference to the isolated outbreak that led to several players being held out of practice.

"Quite honestly, after everything we went through last year, I'm not surprised one bit," he continued. "I am disappointed that this happened. I'm frustrated with not just my football players who won't get vaccinated, [but] I'm frustrated with everybody [who won't]."

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According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, "Jake Browning was the only Vikings quarterback available for Saturday's annual night practice at TCO Stadium, after the team's other three quarterbacks were forced to quarantine by the NFL's COVID-19 protocols."

The Tribune noted that starting quarterback Kirk Cousins and backup quarterback Nate Stanley were forced into quarantine after coming in close contact with fellow quarterback Kellen Mond, who had tested positive for COVID-19.

The fact that Cousins and Stanley were forced to quarantine following contact with Mond indicates that they have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Under new NFL rules, vaccinated players are not required to quarantine after contact with infected teammates, while unvaccinated players are.

"Something like this happens a day before a game that has a chance to get you to the playoffs or something like that," the head coach went on to say. "This Delta variant is rough. You can see the cases going up every single day now. That's why, for the sake of everybody's health, I think it's important. But some people don't understand, I guess."

Later in the news conference, Zimmer praised sole active quarterback Jake Browning's intelligence. It was not clear whether Zimmer's comments were intended as a dig on unvaccinated individuals, but the inference could certainly be made.

"Jake's really smart. He's vaccinated," Zimmer said. "That helps to be the backup. So, as we move forward here, he's going to get a ton of reps [Saturday night]. I don't go about saying, 'It's going to go a long way,' because we've still got a lot of camp to go, but we'll see. He's out there. He's available. That's important. It's important to be available when you're playing football, a team sport."

The NFL announced last week that nearly 88% of players have received at least one dose of the vaccine. But the league's obvious push to essentially force vaccinations through harsh punishments for the unvaccinated has caused an uproar among some outspoken players and fans.

Last month, Arizona Cardinals star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins warned that the protocols may cause him to retire.

Minnesota Vikings coach is gone after opting not to get vaccine and defying NFL mandate: 'You're going to see more of this'



Minnesota Vikings assistant coach Rick Dennison is no longer with the team after he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine as required by the NFL, ESPN reported Friday.

What happened?

This summer, the NFL introduced new COVID-19 protocols for players and staff.

The protocols require that all Tier 1 staff — coaches, equipment managers, scouts, and front-office executives — get the shots, unless they have a religious or medial reason for not getting inoculated. Any unvaccinated Tier 1 staffer will lose his Tier 1 status and thereby be prohibited from having direct contact with players, including being banned from the field and meeting rooms.

Players are not required to receive the vaccine, but will face other requirements and regulations that vaccinated players will be able to ignore.

Sources told ESPN that Dennison, who was the Vikings' offensive line coach as well as run game coordinator for the last two years, opted not to get the shots and is now the first position coach in the league to lose his position after going against the NFL's edicts.

After the news broke, ESPN's Michael Eaves justified 63-year-old Dennison losing his gig, as well as the league's two tiers of treatment for vaccinated and unvaccinated players and the newly released rule that will force teams to forfeit games that have to be canceled for COVID reasons and cannot be made up. Players for teams that must forfeit will not get paid for those games.

'You have a choice.'

"You have a choice," Eaves said. "You do not have to play, and clearly, in Rick Dennison's position, you do not have to coach.

"But your choices do have consequences," he continued. "And for Rick Dennison, it's not getting a salary this year as an assistant coach of the Vikings, and for some of the players who may opt out, they won't get their salary. And if these players choose not to get a vaccine this year, they will have to face different protocols than the vaccinated players on their squad, and if it costs the league and the team money, these dudes are going to lose that money and their salary.

"Again, you have a choice, but those choices can have consequences," Eaves lectured. "And for Rick Dennison, in his mind, he's fine with not coaching because he doesn't want to get the vaccine.

"That's a choice."

Then Eaves made a prediction: "You're going to see more of this happening. You're going to see more coaches refusing to get the vaccine, and that's a choice and a consequence."

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