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The world is discovering the powerhouse we’ve known since she was 12 years old.

Gabi Butler is among Time’s inaugural “100 Most Influential People in Sports.”

Read that again:
Time’s “100 Most Influential People in SPORTS.”

Published yesterday, Gabi is found between Olympian Gold Medalist Lindsay Vonn and mega basketball star LeBron James, and among the best athletes in sports.

Credit Time Magazine:

Gabi Butler is the face of American competitive cheerleading.

Long a star within that world, she entered the broader cultural zeitgeist in 2020 as a breakout cast member of Cheer, Greg Whiteley’s Netflix docuseries following her north-central Texas junior-college team, Navarro College, on its road to the National Cheerleaders Association championship.

Now 28, Butler—who won two national titles with Navarro—is investing in the sport’s future, competing in the Pro Cheer League (PCL), the country’s first professional cheerleading league, which debuted with four teams in January.

Though Butler’s team, the Miami Metal, was defeated by the Dallas Drive on a tiebreaker in the PCL championship, her impact on the league is just beginning, particularly as it adds two more teams ahead of its second season.

Varsity Spirit, the cheerleading giant and the PCL’s owner and operator, tapped Butler as its lead brand ambassador in February.

With a slate of youth clinics on the books this summer and more than 6 million followers across TikTok and Instagram, the floor is hers.

Congratulations Gabbi!

Read full story: https://time.com/collection/time100-sports/2026/gabi-butler/?shem=rimspwouoe,&fbclid=IwVERDUASWbk1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeQ04Bma7qqnV4x6_KNS3KKMonSAm_UbYzGLTbPel8VZO-IEHT5T0HaN961B8_aem_QHTaWhGsOOPe_GY-Ysz9dw

People are talking about: The settlement marks the fourth consecutive time Varsity has avoided a jury verdict.

The settlement follows an $82.5 million settlement in 2024 with cheer families and a $43.5 million settlement in 2023 with all-star gyms. The terms of this settlement have not been made public.

​Read the full article here.

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In all my years as a cheer Mom, I only called once after a team placement: she was made the World’s team alternate instead of a regular.

Her coach said, although she had the skills, they had decided she wasn’t emotionally ready for the Worlds team.

They were right.

Image originally posted anonymously in another cheer mom group.


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