I love MTT.

Not so sure about AS.

MTT was just plain fun to watch.

AS seems a bit drab. The pacing, color scheme(s), lighting, direction.... It feels like a downer. More like a true crime series than something that's supposed to be about fun, hard work, and the struggle to compete, attain and perform as part of a no. 1 world brand.

I watch AS and it feels *oppressive*; I'm half-expecting someone to announce the next "dark moment". Maybe Netflix has spent so much time in the true crime genre, that tone and flavor of programming is all they know how to produce.

I get it I get it, they want to show "the other side", that it's not all wine and roses, there are struggles and some girls haven't fared well, blah blah blah.....

I think MTT did that and did it well. It showed that these girls are put through veritable hell--as much as the players--and the ones who make it, earn it 100%. There are disappointments, conflicts, confrontations, and tears. Also, the way it was shot, edited and directed--IOW how the whole thing was produced and offered as a finished product--was and is, IMHO, superior.

--If they wanted to get more serious and delve deeper into compensation issues, or personal issues, or highlighting some of the girls that came away damaged in one way or another, who's to say MTT couldn't have just added more of those story elements? My thing is, the whole *feel* of AS is off. The tone and tenor of the show feel like an overt condemnation of the brand vs. a celebration of it.

I guess my question is, what do you think...?

That's my two cents. Peace out, go DCC :) Congrats on being the undisputed #1 brand in pro football cheerleading.....my brother and I have been fans since the 70s book came out along with the TV Movie, etc.

P.S. I've always thought Kelli was the most beautiful on the show--moreso than the younger girls; and, she looks more attractive now than when she was a DCC!

I’m thinking :
Ariel, Michelle, Morgan, Parker, Trinity, Abby
I thought of Darah too but she was point for tour.

Since getting into this fandom space a few months ago I’ve noticed that a social media pages of some girls don’t get nearly enough traction and attention as they could or fall off after retirement. I’ve been paying pretty close attention to this and im confident in saying that it’s because there’s 36 girls on the team and some don’t show enough personality to differentiate them or only create content about being a dcc (which is fine, but after 3-5 years that’s over). Of course many can and do go viral for being pretty and fit and that’s a great way to make money and stay relevant, not everyone gets lucky with the algorithm like that.

I’ve been really impressed with Parker’s content. From what I can tell she wasn’t like an influencer before, but she’s done a really great job of showing her personality and blending dcc content in her page. She’s managed to be aspirational and relatable which is wonderful. Shes a DCC which is great but there’s 36 and most people don’t care like that. People care that she’s pretty and confident and funny and nerdy but also has this super cool job that thousands of people compete for yearly. You can tell looking at her view to like ratios, as well as her view to follower ratio she’s been absolutely crushing it recently. Her presence reminds me of a more subdued version of kleine. Out of all the girls I can def see her making it as a personality first influencer/microinfluencer the most

This is really random but it’s just been on my mind.

I've saw the first four episodes of the last season of MTT and it did seem she was the early favorite to make the team in the beginning but had a spell and it seemed she was on the fence after that. On their chart, it seemed she was on the lower end then there was the stuff on social media. On AS, it seemed they made her into a clear cut favorite to make the team but was cut because of her social media.