Local December 9, 2016 - 10:13 am

Cheerleaders’ racy moves roil Dominican Republic baseball

Santo Domingo.- The risqué movements by thecheerleader-dancers in the country’s stadiums will be an prickly issue for DominicanRepublic’s Commission Professional Baseball League (Lidom), in the heels of abarrage of criticism since Wednesday.

Local media report on the "inappropriatebehavior" by the dancers which excite the fans, prompting Lidom’s Disciplineand Ethics Commission to order it corrected immediately.

The brouhaha unleashed this week stems from videosthat went viral in the social networks, that show the teams’ cheerleaders with"inappropriate dances and attire" atop the dugouts,.

"As far as the present championship isconcerned, these dancers’ attitude and behavior in their dances and attire contradictethical and moral standards, as referred to in Article 3 of the League By-Laws,and have been verified by these dancers," says part of the document.

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