Redskins' Cheerleaders Visit India, Some Locals Think They Show Too Much Skin

The Washington Redskins' cheerleaders are spending a couple of weeks in India on a goodwill tour to help create a cheerleading squad for a cricket team that the team says will be the first cheerleading squad in Indian history.
The reception they're getting is mixed. The Washington Post reports that some fans welcomed the cheerleaders enthusiastically:

"The cheerleaders are heroes in their ability to make people excited," exclaimed the merry Kerala, a 30-year-old doctor of traditional ayurvedic medicine, as friends crowded around him, cheering in agreement. "They have great spirit."

"They're the only reason I am here. I wanted to treat myself," declared Setty Bishum, 55. The crowd swept him along, but he shouted back one more observation: "It's a new era for cricket -- hooray for American cheerleaders!"

But the Post also reports that some think women should dress more modestly, adding, "Some TV pundits pointed out that the Redskins cheerleaders are showing more skin on the cricket pitch than most Indian men will see before marriage."

Those opponents aside, is there any doubt that this will catch on? Said Indian sports commentator Boria Majumdar, "Sexuality and cricket is the way forward."

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