CSULB forfeits cheer national title for using male cheerleader who wasn’t a student
A. Isaac 
The NCAA has had to deal with their fair share of scandals over the years.
John Calipari vacated two Final Four appearances for shady recruiting tactics at UMass and Memphis. The Fab Five infamously received more than $600k from a booster and were hit with sanctions for over a decade. USC’s problems in the Reggie Bush era are well documented as they forfeited every single game he appeared in, including the BCS national title game.
None of those scandals compare to the California State University-Long Beach cheerleading squad using a male cheerleader off the street to win a national championship a few weeks back. That’s right, coach Eric Anderson who has been with the school since 2001 has been fired for allowing a non-student to compete.
“It has come to the attention of the Associated Students, Inc. and the university that ineligible members participated in the competition as official members of the team,” the ASI said in the statement. “After a conversation with the NCA, it was determined that since non-CSULB students performed in the competition, it would be unethical and against CSULB Campus Regulation, ASI standards and NCA rules to retain the title.”
In fairness to coach Anderson, the male participant was, at one time a student at the school but graduated in December of 2010. And whoever this kid may be, he must be an important cog in the CSULB cheerleading engine. For a university to have to forfeit a national title for a guy who carries around a bullhorn and holds up girls with one hand as he peers up their skirt? Well damn, he must be the team MVP.
CSULB Cheer Team forfeits national title, coach fired [Press Telegram]
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