In a distant time not too long ago, the NFL stood proudly as a place to witness exciting touchdowns, roaring stadiums, and halftime entertainment that was more cheer than cringe. But these days, the NFL is a shell of its former self. You’re more likely to see Taylor Swift on the jumbotron, and yes, male cheerleaders prancing around the field.  

The Minnesota Vikings and other NFL teams were in the news this week after video clips of their current cheer squad started making the rounds online. The typical bevy of perky, peppy women outfitted in skimpy outfits and effusive smiles included men with wavy hair and sassy moves standing front and center.

Another team that picked at least one male cheerleader for its squad was the New England Patriots, who play at Gillette Stadium. You know, that stadium that’s sponsored by the razor company that has pushed a campaign speaking out against “toxic masculinity” and once ran a commercial about a dad helping his daughter, who identifies as a boy, shave for the first time. So maybe it’s not surprising that a dude could be prancing around with the female cheerleaders this season at Gillette Stadium. 

It may not be the first year NFL cheer squads added men to their roster. For example, the Carolina Panthers have had an “openly transgender“ member of their squad since 2022. But now that so many other DEI policies are being abandoned, it does seem like a giant step backwards. 

Over here in normal town, we reserve sideline pom-pom routines for women, not men posing as women or men acting like women. 

According to several fans threatening to dump the Vikings, their team has crossed a line with this latest choice. Male cheerleaders in the NFL? That’s a brand knowingly alienating its fan base. It proves there’s still a giant disconnect between what the fans want and what they’re getting.

So many men have given up on the NFL long ago when the first echoes of wokeness started echoing through the locker rooms across the nation. But there are still plenty of fans who want to sit down on a Sunday, crack a cold one, and watch the game with their buddies. They want to unite in their love of football – the real kind, the American kind. They want to see some cheerleaders who don’t have 5 o’clock shadows. Is that too much to ask? 

Look, we’re not crazy. You’re not crazy.

When you see dudes in pom-poms doing high kicks on the sidelines and think “what the hell is happening here,” trust your gut. You’re witnessing another institution buckle under the weight of progressive nonsense while gaslighting you into thinking YOU’RE the problem for noticing.

The Vikings and Patriots know exactly what they’re doing. They’re betting you’ll either just shut up, keep buying tickets, and pretend this is normal – or you’ll fold just enough to “go along to get along” and try to ignore the problem entirely. They’re counting on you to ignore your own eyes and swallow their “this is progress” BS sandwich with a smile, hoping you’ll choose the path of least resistance instead of standing your ground.

But here’s the thing – you don’t have to.

At Jeremy’s Razors, we see the same clown show you see – that’s exactly why we fund articles like this to call out the woke garbage as it crops up. While other brands stay silent or worse, actively promote this madness, we’re putting our money where our mouth is to push back against the insanity. We’ll never pat you on the head and tell you that male cheerleaders are “the future of football.” We’re going to call it what it is: ridiculous. And we’re damn sure not going to abandon our customers to chase approval from people who hate everything we stand for.

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We get it. We see you. And we’re not going anywhere.

While the NFL is busy alienating half its audience in the name of performative inclusivity, Jeremy’s Razors is over here making razors for men who refuse to pretend the emperor has clothes, and who know that it’s ok to be men. Because real recognizes real – and that includes recognizing when something’s gone completely off the rails.

A federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on DEI programs at federally funded schools, claiming the administration bypassed procedural requirements. 

Maryland District Court Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled on Thursday against guidance from the Education Department warning schools not to implement DEI programs that discriminate against white or Asian students. Gallagher’s ruling also applied to the Education Department’s demand that schools certify they were not discriminating through DEI programs.  

“This Court takes no view as to whether the policies at issue in this case are good or bad, prudent or foolish, fair or unfair,” Gallagher wrote. “But, at this stage too, it must closely scrutinize whether the government went about creating and implementing them in the manner the law requires. Here, it did not. And by leapfrogging important procedural requirements, the government has unwittingly run headfirst into serious constitutional problems.”

“The administration is entitled to express its viewpoints and to promulgate policies aligned with those viewpoints. But it must do so within the procedural bounds Congress has outlined. And it may not do so at the expense of constitutional rights,” the Trump-appointed judge added. 

The ruling was prompted by a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers and other teacher groups. The guidance was first blocked back in April. 

In response, the Department of Education said that it would continue to protect students from racial discrimination across the country. 

“While the Department is disappointed in the judge’s ruling, judicial action enjoining or setting aside this guidance has not stopped our ability to enforce Title VI protections for students at an unprecedented level,” a spokesman said. “The Department remains committed to its responsibility to uphold students’ anti-discrimination protections under the law.”

The original guidance from the department was issued in February, and state education agencies were requested to certify compliance in April. It sought to end the practices of some schools to bypass the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action and to end racially-based DEI school programs. The guidance suggested that schools could lose funding if they continued to promote DEI.  

“American educational institutions have discriminated against students on the basis of race, including white and Asian students, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds and low-income families. These institutions’ embrace of pervasive and repugnant race-based preferences and other forms of racial discrimination have emanated throughout every facet of academia,” the guidance read. “The law is clear: treating students differently on the basis of race to achieve nebulous goals such as diversity, racial balancing, social justice, or equity is illegal under controlling Supreme Court precedent.”