UP Pep squad to boycott 2016 cheer dance?

The University of the Philippines (UP) Pep Squad may boycott next year’s UAAP Cheerleading Competition unless it gets answers for several scoring points it raised in protesting the 2015 cheer dance result won by National University.

In an Oct. 5, 2015 protest letter, the UP Pep Squad noted several instances in which NU violated UAAP cheerleading rules on safety that should have meted it heavy scoring deductions.

GMA News reported that UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan endorsed the protest letter to the UAAP Cheerdance Committee which promptly dismissed it without answering UP’s questions point by point.

"I am endorsing the letter, convinced that unless all these questions are answered, the future of cheerdance as a sport, and UAAP as a university sports federation, will remain under a cloud of doubt," Tan wrote.