Cheerleading loomed large in Isabelle Johnston’s youth and college years. She cheered all four years of high school, two in college and on competition teams. Her mom is a cheer coach and her husband was a cheerleader, too. Whether she was cheering for Salt Lake’s West High, on a competition team or the two years she cheered for Boise State University, Johnston was required to sign agreements that spelled out the schools’ or clubs’ expectations such as maintaining a certain grade point average, eschewing alcohol and prohibitions on posting images on social media that could reflect poorly on the team or organization, she said. Johnston said she didn’t think too much about the agreements she signed because “I understood that I tried out for a team and if I made the team there would be certain expectations I had to uphold.” Most of her teammates followed the rules, although one of her college teammates got a warning from a coach over her social media posts. “She had been photographed at parties with alcohol, which is a no-no for college cheer. The coach was like, ‘You have one more chance. If it happens again, you’re off the team.’ I felt like…
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