Patrick “Soul Deep” Cowherd

How many strikes does it take before someone is permanently banned from the cheer industry? I mean we have seen videos and read stories where people gave kids drugs, supplied alcohol to minors, slept with athletes and allowed pdf files to work within their gyms and scholastic teams. Yet they are still allowed to be in the industry? Please make that make sense!!!! Where is the oversight to stop this? That’s right there isn’t one. I would think folks would be tired and outraged by now but nope “This is just the way it is and people are used to this behavior” is what a person said to me. WOW! Folks… it amazes me that a set of new athletes enter cheer every year and don’t realize the same behavior exist and the same people are doing the same thing and not being held accountable for past and present behavior. Hell many don’t even have a clue what has happened in the past!!!! Maybe that is why many bad actors continue to be allowed in the cheerleading space. I truly believe that a true NGB will appear sooner than later and nobody will be able to stop that train. I believe the right people will set a new standard that is SAFE and allow this ecosystem to be a better space for those who enter it moving forward. The old way is trash and those who continue to gatekeep the old ways need to be removed because THEY ARE the BIGGEST problem who have turned their heads the other way for money and cheer fame. Remember this thread and when something does appear to give cheer the TRUE and FAIR governance it needs, don’t say I didn’t warn you. ATHLETES AND SAFETY OVER PROFITS!

And they said it couldn’t be done. “Do what you gotta do Patrick, Good Luck” is something I will remember for the rest of my life!

You know what is mind-boggling? That nobody is speaking up about the huge elephant in the room. I can’t think of or recall any of the well-known programs or gym owner’s speaking up against SA that happened and continues to happen in this industry. Unless it was about someone in their own program that they didn’t know about, it’s business as usual. Maybe that’s it… it’s just business and no real care to solve the problem or even stop supporting the entities that either caused the problems or hid the issues. What people will do for money is sickening, isn’t it?!? Meanwhile we celebrate some of the very same people that turned their heads the other way and give them awards. I try very hard to stay focused on the mission at hand but at times I can’t help but wonder if people are blind or just numb to the issues that have NEVER been truly addressed in the manner they should have been. When something does come forward (and I believe it will happen very soon) to protect athletes and young adults, I can almost certainly say that I know who won’t support the change. But I’m really good with that because honestly, it would be much better without them and they can just focus on business! A new era is amongst us and I for one can’t wait. I’m still going to do everything I can to help bring a positive change in as many ways as I can. We can’t continue down the same path with the same people and entities that caused the problem if we want to see a meaningful change! So with that being said, I’m back off the “X” grid and putting in the work! I gave my word to a lot of survivors and I plan on keeping it, no matter how long it takes!

Someday this craziness will get better.

One thing I have noticed about some of these industry awards is that they ignore the elephant that’s in the room. It seems nobody wants to tackle the safety part of what’s missing from the industry but it’s even more weird to not see someone in a category for safety. Safety will always be the least of most people worries until we get a true NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY that will be able to remove those who have harmed athletes. The cycle repeats itself because of the turn over of athletes… the new athletes that enter the industry and those parents know nothing about what happen 6 years ago, let alone the decades of athletes who have been unprotected.

I’m alive y’all! I appreciate those of you who are checking in on me. Just been working in silence. Still keeping an eye out for these pdf files in the cheerleading industry while also working on the other side of things... But trust that I do see how some folks are moving even though they can’t see how I’m moving! Excited about the progress we have made and it won’t be much longer before we announce what we have been up to. IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING! In the mean time, keep sending me private messages and I will keep responding.

No lies detected here!

How does a rapist make a cheerleading hall of fame list? Is this what we are doing now?!? 🤦🏾‍♂️

Sometimes you have to work in silence to make things happen. Things are progressing in many areas of various projects. We have received a lot of support for our initiatives and I’m stoked about the results thus far!!!! There are still quite a few people who are out here working with children that should not have gotten a pass. I will stay firm on my word and will not back down when I say, if you SA an athlete or young adult that you should not be in the cheerleading space or any space that deals with children or young adults. Just because some of you settled a lawsuit doesn’t mean that you are not guilty. You may have others fooled, but not me. What I’m starting to notice even more these days is that birds of a feather flock together? There are a LOT of people that support pedos!!! Yuck 🤮🤮🤮🤮

It’s been enough time and now we will see how this fight will unfold for those who are bidding to take the top seat of cheer… Someone asked how dirty the ICU is… well here is a story that is playing out now to show you how they are like pigs that wallow in their own 💩💩💩. That’s how filthy they are!!! No matter how it looks, I have strong reasons to believe that the ICU and USA CHEER are really NOT a NGB. They are still playing that anti-competitive game at best. youtu.be/Yq51H8IGHVk?si=UoMu…

Just amazes me how many pedos still get a free pass to work in the cheerleading industry! Folks they have harmed and SA children and young adults, and people still praise them and allow them to roam freely?!?! Something is grossly wrong here. Am I dreaming or is this shit for real?!?! I knew this tomfoolery ran deep but I see it’s at the bottom of the abyss at this point, with no one to hold them accountable they will continue to roam and harm the next person when they get a chance. This is insane to me. Maybe in a few years folks will start talking about this like the Epstein files, God forbid there be a connection there... Oh wait maybe there is, but we are not ready for that conversation yet. A former Varsity executive (also mentored by a pedo, so you know what that means) once said “The Cheerleading Industry is full of dumb people, and who doesn't like leading dumb people” People are playing in the faces of everyone, and they know in time others will forget. You know who doesn't forget? The victims, the survivors and those who stand up for them! I know I have been silent for a while, but more and more truth is forth coming as this is long from being over. I know I and others will not stop until justice is served and the cheerleading industry is safer and have better policies in place. Y’all better wake up!

I'll apologize for my tone if needed, but never for the truth behind my words. When I speak it, I stand by it.

The internet is wild right now. The thought that even in death people are still talking about the man and that his political connections are the cause of his demise. Folks he was no spring chicken!!! At his age a fall and hitting his head on a pickleball surface can cause a major injury in which this particular head injury took him out. Although you don’t hear much about it, all kinds of minor injuries do occur while playing pickleball… maybe not as catastrophic as Jeff’s, but they do happen. 🤷🏾‍♂️ Now did Jeff have deep political ties? YES Did a pickleball bullet take him out? NO Did Jeff associate with questionable people? YES Did Jeff take a lot of skeletons and secrets to the grave with him? YES There are a lot of questions that will be answered soon enough that will tie a lot together, but for now let’s at least stick to the facts. To be honest I’m more worried about his protégés than anything else. Those folks are messy and have a lot of things they are hiding too. They have more than skeletons… they have cemeteries. 💀☠️🪦 All I can say is buckle up and let’s see where all this goes! TO BE CONTINUED….

Has anyone thought what would happen if you scratched out that part of the competition waiver form where you wave your rights to have your image used during video performances or photos? Just thinking out loud here… if an athlete is not signed to an NIL or if they are, how would an organization be allowed to monetize an event without paying the athlete/s in that video, especially if they don’t consent to being filmed or photographed. I guess this might be a legitimate question for an attorney. 🤔

Some of y'all Industry folks out here still takin' advances, huh? Me and my team takin' real chances, uh. 💯💯💯

This is excellent news! As a person who was threatened, harassed and bullied by VARSITY, USA CHEER, USASF and ICU for attending an event over in Japan, I know exactly the tactics they put on people. Kuddos to those who stood to the 600 pound Gorilla’s openchampionshipseries.com/p…

Maybe seeing these highlight reels of bad people being celebrated and all gathered in the same room further lets me know how tone deaf the cheerleading industry is! Nothing and nobody could make me ever want to sit in a room with so many evil and trashy people. If you are a person that supports that shit, you are part of the problem too! You are calling people pioneers who have harmed, raped and mistreated young children and adults. Make that make sense!! But hey just gives us more to report about in the documentary. No stone will be left unturned and the underbelly of this cultish behavior will be exposed on all these weirdos!

People have asked me if I’m buying the book about the pioneers of allstar cheer. The answer is absolutely not!!! If we celebrate people who have done bad things and have put children/young adults in harms way, then we have a larger issue in allstar cheer than I thought! I’m sure there are probably a few deserving people but some of the others that I have seen… Ummmm No Thank You. TO BE CONTINUED…