Some people think cheerleading is a sport...

what do you think?

sport or not?

competitive cheerleading is a sport, but the run of the mill high school "yay football games rah rah rah" cheerleading isn't.

I always thought cheerleading was just a place where all the whores gathered so I could have sex with them. I mean, I guess i just didn't realize that they actually did something. I never really understood why it exsisted.

Yes, I think if they are in competitions....

but if they are just doing it for school teams, then no.

Cheerleaders to me are just people who are cheering in sync with eachother and have uniforms.

i think the gymnastic element of cheerleading definitely makes it a sport

One could argue that it's the sport of whoring out, or even argue that sex is a sport.

I think cheer leading is a sport, the same way golf is.

yup.

Well don't football teams reherse plays? They practice the same thing over and over,, but yes, there is an element of surprise but I guess you could kind of say the same thing for cheerleading,,

you don't know what weather you may be in, you don't know how physically you will be there.

^That's a bad analogy. Football you compete with other people. You run into other people. You tackle other people. You don't know what they're going to do. If cheerleading had a mat below them that moved, or made waves, then all of a sudden they had 80 mph winds, then they had to switch it up with the snap of a judge's finger and do what the judge says, then you could use that as an analogy.

Cheerleading to me is a sport. How about competitive cheerleading? People get thrown around, lifted and whatnot. Dancing is indeed a sport. And Steven that wasn't a bad analogy at all. There are cheerleading competitions.

Sport doesn't consist of running into people. Like I said above, what about the lifts? The jumping and turning and extreme body shaking? What would you call those? Body exercice?

You know that there are cheerleading awards.

Sport isn't based solely on running and tackling. In cheerleading, you don't know what your opponent is going to do either. Which makes it a competition. Nonetheless, high school cheerleading is still a sport. I admit that it isn't that much of a sport compared to football / soccer / basketball.

then i guess volleyball can't be a sport either because you aren't "running into other people."

there is little or no contact at all with the other team in volleyball

Good point.

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Uuuh, Sammi why was this moved? This topic is very debateable.

agreed

Totally a sport.
I mean some people say its not, But when you come off that damn floor,With girls and guys about to freaking throw up gasping for air,Umm Yesss.
It is total hard workk!

Not a bad analogy. Football and Cheerleading are not alike in the sport sense. Football you compete against another team in real time constantly changing what you have to do based on the other team. Soccer, same. Baseball, same. Fishing, based on weather(omg fishing). Basketball, same. Volleyball, you have another team to compete against, and they don't always behave the same way, so I would consider that a sport. Cheerleading I put into the dance group. Dance groups I consider wanna-be-sports. When I say wanna-be that comes out quite harsh to some, but I don't mean it as in it wishes it were a sport. I just don't consider it a sporty sport. Same w/ golf.

Serious competitive cheer is a sport, the usual highschool rah rah isn't.


How do dance and cheer not have the element of suprise? It would be the same thing as track or any other sport. You don't know what your competition has in store for you, so all you can do is prepare the best you can and hope for the best.

Since this topic is more towards the Debate, I hope nobody minds me moving it back.

Moved to Debate

I think this thread sucks.

I agree entirely. In addition, if something happens, in say, a build, such as a mistep, that isn't predictable. You'd have to make a split second decision which could either prevent or cause considerable injury.

Mmmm, but there's also personal judgement involved in the referees. An entire game can have a different outcome depending on a ref's call. And like, with judging, there can be some pretty close ones but...if you're good, you're good.

And the reason I personally wanted dance to be considered a sport when I was on dance team at my school is because then we would get some of the athletic funding. We got nada, cause we were just a club. So, in cases like that, being considered a sport is a big benefit.

Cheerleading is like vocational training for wanna-be strippers. It's not a sport.

I know cheerleading can be hard work.

Its still a sport.

Just because they barely wear any clothes doesnt mean its not a sport.

I Don't think that the clothing was the issue he was referring to, rather the dancing. There are sports in which people wear very little clothing and aren't belittled, i.e. swimming/beach volleyball.