For your EYES only?

Are cheerleaders at sporting events only supposed to be seen and not heard?  That is the impression many people are getting after a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader was told to delete her twitter account.

On U.S. Thankgiving, The Dallas Cowboys were playing the Miami Dolphins when in the 4th quarter, tight end Jason Witten of the Cowboys was knocked out of bounds and tackled a cheerleader on the sidelines.  She was not injured (just a little embarrassed) and made some unharmful remarks about it on Twitter.  Here they are:

Now do you think those comments are AT ALL offensive to Witten, the Cowboys, of football in general?

I don't! I feel that she used the utmost respect and added a little self-detrimental humour to a situation that could have ended badly with injuries to either one of them!

So when the COwboys front office told the cheerleader to delete her account, it begs the question of why they are trying to silence her over something that is seemingly harmless?

Could it be that in sports, interviews with players, coaches, and even fans are okay but we can't talk to the cheerleaders because they are only meant for visual stimulous?  I mean, if Jason Witten had wrote about the incedent on his twitter account, would that be okay? And why didn't he mention anything about it? For fear of associating with a cheerleader and having his twitter account shut down byu the team?

Social media is still emerging and I think because of the lawsuits and detrimental comments made through it, it scares a lot of organizations into limiting the topics their employees (players) can comment on.

This is not what social media was EVER supposed to be about.  It's supposed to be a way for people to connect on a somewhat personal level.

I hope that Melissa is once again allowed to tweet and I hope this doesn't become a trend because in the sporting world, cheerleaders are people too!!