India, Aug. 11 -- Minnesota Vikings, the major league football team, has announced Blaize Shiek will be part of the cheerleader roster for 2025-26. He's not the only male cheerleader on the roster, which also mentions Louie Conn.

However, the choice to have a male cheerleader has left many fans fuming. Notably, there was a time when only women were allowed on the cheerleading team, but that is now a dated idea.

Outsports reported that a third of the NFL now boasts of male cheerleaders, with Los Angeles Rams having at least seven men on the squad. The publication reported that despite the greater push towards inclusivity, a bias towards female cheerleaders remains - as they encountered significant difficulties in finding photographs of t...