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Blazer Dancers must GO!!!

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Post#21 » by d-train » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:10 am

The Blazer dancers are no more offensive because of their attractiveness than the Blazer players are. Their dances and outfits are no more sexual than the main event.
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Post#22 » by fishnc » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:18 am

Is she saying that it's wrong for me to like ass and titties?
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Post#23 » by The Sebastian Express » Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:19 am

OH MY GOD A D-TRAIN SIGHTING.
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Post#24 » by Yangsing » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:55 pm

I don't mind the outfits. I've seen a lot more offensive stuff than what dancers wear.
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Post#25 » by ucatchtrout » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:25 pm

btw....if you want a look at the new Dancer outfits Kellex over at BlazeofLove.com has some pics up.
http://www.blazeoflove.com/2009/04/blaz ... 0932669312
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Post#26 » by jakjup216 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:41 pm

CB-Blazer wrote:I understand where she is coming from.

There is no need for it at an NBA game, especially when parents like to take their children to the game.

If it truly is dancing, it can be done with longer skirts and less revealing tops.


HHWHAT??!? lololol.. dude.. this is not church man.. i bet you think that Hooters should close their doors too?
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Post#27 » by mojomarc » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:43 pm

jakjup216 wrote:
CB-Blazer wrote:I understand where she is coming from.

There is no need for it at an NBA game, especially when parents like to take their children to the game.

If it truly is dancing, it can be done with longer skirts and less revealing tops.


HHWHAT??!? lololol.. dude.. this is not church man.. i bet you think that Hooters should close their doors too?


Hooters should close their doors. If they leave them open, a cool breeze might get in there and then the waitresses might...display signs of a chill.

Wait, what was I saying?
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Post#28 » by ucatchtrout » Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:46 pm

mojomarc wrote:
jakjup216 wrote:
CB-Blazer wrote:I understand where she is coming from.

There is no need for it at an NBA game, especially when parents like to take their children to the game.

If it truly is dancing, it can be done with longer skirts and less revealing tops.


HHWHAT??!? lololol.. dude.. this is not church man.. i bet you think that Hooters should close their doors too?


Hooters should close their doors. If they leave them open, a cool breeze might get in there and then the waitresses might...display signs of a chill.

Wait, what was I saying?


:clap: ROLMAO
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Post#29 » by baas9 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:21 pm

While I agree that the way the lady came across was a little extreme, I don't think she is off the mark. The point is not that they are dancing provocatively, but that they are doing so publicly at a venue that is meant to be family oriented and accessible to any kind of audience. Are we going to say that anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to watch? And if we took that approach, where does it stop.

No one is attempting to dictate what you are allowed to do in the privacy of you own home or other designated area, but this is a Blazer game. I have had similar thoughts about cheerleaders in all sports. Is it "wrong"? Well, that is left the each individual to decide... however if it is allowed to be broadcast or displayed publicly, then someone else is determining what is "right" or "wrong" for the viewer.

Sport should be sport and sexually explicit or suggestive behavior doesn't have to be part and parcel.

If we can separate the two, then no one is pushing their morals on anyone else. Unless of course you feel that your children should watch attractive women dance suggestively with little clothing.

Also, about the Hooters comment... there are literally hundreds of restaurants to choose from in Portland/Oregon/Idaho/Washington... but currently there is only one professional basketball team. Its not even close to the same thing.
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Post#30 » by ucatchtrout » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:27 pm

baas9 wrote:While I agree that the way the lady came across was a little extreme, I don't think she is off the mark. The point is not that they are dancing provocatively, but that they are doing so publicly at a venue that is meant to be family oriented and accessible to any kind of audience. Are we going to say that anyone who doesn't like it doesn't have to watch? And if we took that approach, where does it stop.

No one is attempting to dictate what you are allowed to do in the privacy of you own home or other designated area, but this is a Blazer game. I have had similar thoughts about cheerleaders in all sports. Is it "wrong"? Well, that is left the each individual to decide... however if it is allowed to be broadcast or displayed publicly, then someone else is determining what is "right" or "wrong" for the viewer.

Sport should be sport and sexually explicit or suggestive behavior doesn't have to be part and parcel.

If we can separate the two, then no one is pushing their morals on anyone else. Unless of course you feel that your children should watch attractive women dance suggestively with little clothing.

Also, about the Hooters comment... there are literally hundreds of restaurants to choose from in Portland/Oregon/Idaho/Washington... but currently there is only one professional basketball team. Its not even close to the same thing.



Should the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders be disbanded then?

Imagine the uproar in Texas at such a suggestion.
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Post#31 » by NikeZ15 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:53 pm

Keep them....They're Kobe's kryptonite.


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Post#32 » by ucatchtrout » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:02 pm

Just so we don't get anyone posting about how this thread is worthless without pictures....here are a few I found.


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Post#33 » by NikeZ15 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:07 pm

I suppose if the girls themselves really felt that degraded by what they are asked to do or wear they wouldn't continue to do so with smiles from ear to ear.


When I return home I watch the Blazer games all the time with my mom (Yes she loves basketball & the Blazers) and have never once heard her complain about the Blazer dancers.
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Post#34 » by kumquat » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:10 pm

You know what's funny when I was watching them the other night I was thinking to myself how much it looks like a strip routine :lol:
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Post#35 » by ucatchtrout » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:11 pm

NikeZ15 wrote:I suppose if the girls themselves really felt that degraded by what they are asked to do or wear they wouldn't continue to do so with smiles from ear to ear.


Nor would they continue to work for peanuts. They make very little for the work they do.
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Post#36 » by NikeZ15 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:15 pm

ucatchtrout wrote:
NikeZ15 wrote:I suppose if the girls themselves really felt that degraded by what they are asked to do or wear they wouldn't continue to do so with smiles from ear to ear.


Nor would they continue to work for peanuts. They make very little for the work they do.



Really? I must say that's somewhat surprising to me.


I don't know if anybody can confirm this, but Isaac & Suke were saying Blaze makes around 75,000 a year.


Poor girls.....
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Post#37 » by jhern87 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:19 pm

What probably happened was something along these lines...

This lady and her husband probably have been going to games for years... They were at the game on Tuesday and at a timeout at the end of the fourth the Blazer Dancers came out..

Everyone is standing up and clapping and watching the girls do their routines while this lady is still sitting down, shoving buttery popcorn in her face. Then it hits her! She looks up and sees her husband oogling the girls goodies.. As she sits there staring up at the entertained look on his face, with unpopped popcorn cournals on her cheek and butter dripping off of her chin. She realizes that she's not the woman she once was and she can't put that look on her husbands face anymore..

GET OVER IT WOMAN!!!!!! Cheerleaders have been entertainment at sporting events since organized sports began and there not going to magically disappear because you've gained 50lbs and you have no confidence. Get over it..
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Post#38 » by pdxblazers92087 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:32 pm

i dont get the gripe.... I'm not sure how summers are in Oregon but shoot go to a beach your gonna see a lot worse.

Its not like the blazers dancers would get sighted in public for indecent exposure. Sounds like some fat old people are just jealous that A. They dont have a nice body or B. They couldnt get a girl with a hot body. Envy is a B word lol.

Having said that the people who complain can stay home, didnt really seem like ticket sales were a problem.
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Post#39 » by Caravaggio » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:35 pm

The Emcee wrote:
That's awesome. Girls who like sports score major points in my book.

And now that Kyphi retired as a mod you're the only girl I know of on these boards.


I wonder if she plays video games too!! OMG! What about beer, do you like beer!?!??!
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Post#40 » by CB-Blazer » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:39 pm

jakjup216 wrote:
CB-Blazer wrote:I understand where she is coming from.

There is no need for it at an NBA game, especially when parents like to take their children to the game.

If it truly is dancing, it can be done with longer skirts and less revealing tops.


HHWHAT??!? lololol.. dude.. this is not church man.. i bet you think that Hooters should close their doors too?


Why would I expect Hooters to close their doors? It's not a place that is trying hard to appeal as a family venue like the Rose Garden.

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