I personally think that cheerleaders can be entertaining during a long tournament. When you don't have a teammate to watch, you really are kind of bored. But some cheerleaders, not all, can do some pretty ditsy things. I remeber at one tournament a cheerleader fell on the mat as she was walking across it. It was a pretty funny ordeal with her reaction and everything. So i like the idea of having cheerleaders at tournaments. And they are not that hard to block out.