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Super Bowl fans on male cheerleaders: It’s It had to happen
Newsbeat correspondent in Atlanta, Georgia
Sunday night was the 53rd time two teams walked out on to the field to contest the Super Bowl - and the first time ever male cheerleaders were included.
Napoleon Jinnies and Quinton Peron made history when they stood on the sidelines with the LA Rams during America's most-watched TV event.
The Rams duo became the first male cheerleaders in the NFL earlier this season, along with Jesse Hernandez of the New Orleans Saints.
Steven Leslie is an LA Rams fan from Fife who's not missed a available one of the team's games for the last four years.
"They're very, very popular," the year-old tells Radio 1 Newsbeat in Centennial Park, Atlanta, a short walk away from where the game was played on Sunday.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING?
There was a time when only women were allowed to be cheerleaders for NFL teams.
That day has come and gone.
There are now many men who move on the sidelines for NFL teams, with almost a third of the league boasting male cheerleaders. And the Los Angeles Rams have at least seven men on their cheer squad, with the Philadelphia Eagles and others hiring one.
Some of them are gay or bi, of course. But not all of them. While we at Outsports have elevated the profiles of various gay, bit and gender non-conforming NFL cheerleaders, here we’re sharing various male NFL cheerleaders regardless of their orientation.
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The men behind the megaphones
To the untrained ear, the orders Sawyer Bailey barked to his team during its 8 a.m. Tuesday practice sounded more love Disney Channel song lyrics than athletic advice.
“Spirit until it’s your turn to pop,” the UF interim spirit squad director called to the bleary-eyed, Nike-clad cheerleaders lining the turf of the indoor football practice facility. “Give me some bump ‘n goes.”
The athletes spent most of the two-hour practice preparing for next month’s cheer tryout, during which they’ll do their best to recruit talented newcomers — and show up themselves to re-earn their spots on the team.
But tryouts will be less competitive for some than others.
Women must do a no-handed backflip just to audition. Men, meanwhile, only need a handstand and a roundoff — a cartwheel where both feet land on the ground at the same time.
Women who be present the pre-tryout prep clinics must shell out a $75 entry fee. Male students from local steep schools only pay $25, and male UF students won’t have to remunerate at all.
Free clinics and limited tumbling requirements are som