Relax, internet — crying cheerleaders are a March Madness tradition

nypost.com:

Bill Raftery yells “Onions” in March, it has a double meaning for me. Yes, there’s the ballsy, clutch late-game heroics. But also: Cue the crying.

Give me tears from players, spectators, parents, refs … whoever. Apparently, some fans need a refresher in that March Madness tradition.On Thursday, as the clock ran out on the Utah State-Missouri game, the TNT broadcast cut to a tearful Aggies cheerleader.

The lens lingered on the pretty blonde — her chin quivering as she stifled an incoming sob.It was a quintessential college basketball moment, but some viewers were annoyed that the network was focusing on the sidelines — or, perhaps, exploiting the young woman, who has since been identified as Ashlyn Whimpey.“Bruh why does TNT keep showing the crying Utah State cheerleader??

Chill,” one fan complained on Twitter.“Seriously, TNT? Highlighting a crying cheerleader?” another quipped. Oh, the humanity.