Tuberville sounds alarm as Vikings' male cheerleaders spark debate on social media

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, appeared on OutKick's "Hot Mic" and talked about the male cheerleaders on the Minnesota Vikings.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., weighed in on the conversation around the Minnesota Vikings male cheerleaders.

The Vikings’ squad was the topic of conversation since the start of the preseason. Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn drew the ire of NFL fans on social media.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, arrives for a Senate Republican Caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on April 2, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Tuberville appeared on OutKick’s "Hot Mic" on Tuesday and put the NFL on notice.

"I would like to ask the ownership of the NFL and the commissioner, what the hell are you doing?" he said. "You’ve got the No. 1 sport on planet Earth in terms of people watching it. Your business is growing, it’s getting better and better. There’s some ways you’ve tried to attack it over the last 10-15 years but you’ve been able to withstand that. 

"But if you’re going to be woke and you’re gonna try to take the men out of men’s sports, which is what you’re doing. They’re trying to take gender and say, ‘OK, we’re going to make it more about gender than we are about masculinity.’ Then, you’re going to have a huge problem. It’s coming."

Tuberville warned that fans may stop buying tickets to games if male cheerleaders become more prevalent.

Minnesota Vikings cheerleader Blaize Shiek performs before the preseason game against the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium on Aug. 16, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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