The failure of the logic is stunning. Forget cheer competitions, as others have said that is something else entirely. But for everything else, if what you are saying is true, then why do schools that have small stadiums and are rarely or never on TV have cheerleaders at all? Remember, the statement being questioned is
Yet they send the cheer squads to all sorts of less attended events, including the female sports such as basketball, volleyball and soccer where often the majority attendance is female. Your contention that objectification is the whole point just doesn’t hold up, and is really insulting to those that participate.