The girls came up with a cheer deemed unacceptable by their sponsor, as it included mooning the crowd.

The girls performed the routine anyway.

The principal suspended the insubordinate cheerleaders.

Seems about right to me – if not letting them off easy

But not to the girls.

Six cheerleaders are fighting suspensions after they flashed football fans a message on their underpants.

Vice Principal Ken Goeken ordered the girls to serve suspensions Tuesday and Wednesday for defying their coach and going ahead with a special cheer they choreographed for the last day of the football season. At the end of the cheer, the girls bent over, lifted their skirts and showed the crowd the words "Indians No. 1" on their bloomers.

The girls, who missed reading scenes from William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and fear their grades will suffer, are asking to make up coursework and instead be banned from cheering at an upcoming basketball game.

I’ve got a better idea. Keep the suspension – and toss the girls from the cheerleading squad for their insubordination. After all, they have shown that they cannot be trusted to appropriately represent the school. They have also shown that they are unwilling to follow the legitimate decisions of their cheerleading sponsor. Why should they remain on the squad at all?

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