Typical clueless cheerleader continues to cheer despite injury

[tibor75]

The video of her on the stretcher cheering is one of the funnier things I've seen

NEW YORK (AP) -- A cheerleader who continued to cheer for her team from a gurney despite tumbling 15 feet onto her head said Wednesday she was worried the accident would distract from the basketball game.

"My biggest concern was that I didn't want my squad to be distracted -- so that they could continue cheering on the team -- and I didn't want my team to be distracted from winning the game," Kristi Yamaoka, 18, told NBC's "Today" show.

Yamaoka, a Southern Illinois University sophomore from Springfield, Illinois, suffered a concussion, a spinal fracture and a bruised lung when she lost her balance atop a human pyramid during a time-out in Sunday's game against Bradley.

She drew national attention as she was wheeled off the court. When the pep band fired up the school's fight song "Go Southern Go," Yamaoka gave a two-handed thumbs up from the gurney, then moved her arms -- the only things not strapped down -- in time to the music and cheered.

"I'm still a cheerleader -- on a stretcher or not," Yamaoka told the "Today" show while wearing a neck brace and her cheerleading uniform. "So as soon as I heard that fight song, I knew my job and just started to do my thing."

Following Yamaoka's accident, the Missouri Valley Conference barred certain cheerleading stunts during this week's women's basketball tournament. Cheerleaders may not be launched or tossed and may not take part in formations higher than two levels during the tournament.

 

[Thump]

I agree, it was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

 

[hoat]

This site makes me laugh everytime..

Cheer

Here are a few snippets:

[FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]Submitted by: Brooke
Titled:[/FONT][FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]"A Little Distracted"[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We practice in the same area that the track team does and they go for 1-2 mile runs. Well we were practicing stunts and we had a girl in a half/elevator and I saw a hot guy from the track team run by with no shirt on. I was completely distracted and the other bases didn't realize it and she was ready to cradle. They said, "1,2 down, up" and I didn't do anything. So the stunt fell, I snapped back into it just in time to help catch the flyer. I asked what happened and the whole squad gave me a weird look. They still don't let me forget about it.[/FONT]

Like totally.

[FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]Submitted by: Audrey
Titled:[/FONT][FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]"Show Some Skin"[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Once, on our very first pep rally, I was like so nervous and excited at the same time. Well, come to find out this really cute boy who I had been crushing on was sitting right behind me! Well, I decided to show off how I could do good jumps so I did a herkie. My skirt came up and was stuck so all you could see was my butt and my bloomers. I didn't know it was stuck, till somebody told me and I still can't live that down. My friends all say that I was trying to show some skin for my crush! [/FONT]

bloomers

 

[RugbyBuck]

Tibs, couldn't this chick have paralyzed herself by moving around on the stretcher?

 

[Thump]

couldn't this chick have paralyzed herself by moving around on the stretcher?

We could have only been so lucky.

 

[StooGrimson]

"I'm still a cheerleader -- on a stretcher or not," Yamaoka told the "Today" show while wearing a neck brace and her cheerleading uniform. "So as soon as I heard that fight song, I knew my job and just started to do my thing."

Uh...I'm pretty sure her job was to not fall on her f'ing head. What a dumbass. I have to agree with Tibor...this is easily some of the funniest things you'll ever see.

 

[BB73]

I give her credit for thinking about her squad while being carried off with a serious injury. When I saw the video, I thought she was letting everybody know that she would be OK.

But go ahead, Tibs. Call her clueless if it makes you happy to always look at the negative side of everything.

And feel free to give me one of those fucking violins.

 

[BB73]

We could have only been so lucky.

 

[Thump]

That comment was meant so maybe people could see how foolish she was for ignoring the Paramedics advice to not move.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

my assumption seeing the video is that she was out cold. a guy in hs i played fball with got knocked out and then got up 30 seconds later and kept playing. i guess if you do it right you put yourself in zombie autopilot mode. the guy was retarted for a month afterwords though.

 

[BB73]

That comment was meant so maybe people could see how foolish she was for ignoring the Paramedics advice to not move.

OK. Stating that paralysis would be a lucky event sure didn't give me that message.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Call her clueless if it makes you happy to always look at the negative side of everything.

Yeah, it's always a real pleasure to be reminded that some Doctors get off on human suffering. I think Tibor was used as a model for the Ob/Gyn in "Your Friends and Neighbors"; except that I doubt he gets laid much.

 

[StooGrimson]

Yeah, it's always a real pleasure to be reminded that some Doctors get off on human suffering. I think Tibor was used as a model for the Ob/Gyn in "Your Friends and Neighbors"; except that I doubt he gets laid much.

Eh, I don't think anyone is amused at her suffering, just her display of complete idiocy.

 

[FKAGobucks877]

My question - can this be considered a sports-related injury? I mean, cheerleading isn't really a sport, right? But she was at a sporting event, so....I'm confused.

 

[Taosman]

Glad it's not serious!

NEW YORK (AP) - A cheerleader who continued to cheer for her team from a gurney despite tumbling 15 feet onto her head said Wednesday she was worried the accident would distract from the basketball game.

"My biggest concern was that I didn't want my squad to be distracted _ so that they could continue cheering on t...