Cheerleading Options

[*Uronacid*]

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.

Exactly what I was referring to, thank you Steven. Cheer leading is nothing but a bunch of youngins learning how to strip properly. Whether it's for their future husband or a seventy-six year old virgin, they will become the best stripper through the help of our public school systems.

(Cheerleading makes for good male stripping to)

[nocturne.noir]

Competative cheerleading is a sport;;
no question.
That's some hard ass work right there.

But school cheerleading?
Please.
That's just pathetic.

[radhikaeatsraman]

Why is this in Debate? Someone move this please.

[Gypsy Eyes]

their physical challenges, or the hard work, or anything else.
To me, the main purpose of dance is not to be athletic. I thought it was considered more of an art? It doesn't take away from how physically challenging it is.
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I also think sports should have a cut-throat, win or lose. One team makes more baskets--win. One team makes more touch downs--win. Someone jumps farther--win.

Things like dancing, gymnastics and cheerleading are left up to personal judgement depending on what judges you have. Like lets say you lost by .01 points. With a different set of judges you might have lost by .2 points or won by .45 points! There isn't a cut-throat win or lose--because "judging" opens the door to human error, and personal opinion.

If you take the same basketball game (exactly the same), and play it in front of 10 different crowds--it will still be exactly the same. Whoever scored more baskets, would win the game.

Actually in most elite dance judging you get points for certain things. You start out with a perfect score and lose points for errors in technique, energy and skill. Therfore all the judging would be almost the same if not identical. I'm not talking about classical ballet which is more of an art form, I'm talking about things such as modern, lyrical, hip hop, tap, etc. The more athletic you are the better you perform with them. The same with sports.

[HakunaMatata]

Why is this in Debate? Someone move this please.

....to? It seems very much like a debate to me; maybe the topic isn't as serious as the others in here, but 'tis still a debate, yeah? (:

[radhikaeatsraman]

Uh, no. I thought Debate was for serious, open-ended topics. "Cheerleading is a sport: yes/no" is NOT a feasible Debate topic, imo. Please move it to Sports.

[*Steven*]

No, it's debatable and whether or not it's a sport is open to interpretation. Why should there be is there a god, yes/no? A challenge to atheist, etc etc. Those are all simple answers, yet people manage to form debates from them. If you read through the responses you'll see that many points aside from a straight up yes/no answer have arisen. It stays.

[*Uronacid*]

Let me help you Steve.

Uh, no. I thought Debate was for serious, open-ended topics. "Cheerleading is a sport: yes/no" is NOT a feasible Debate topic, imo. Please move it to Sports.

Go fuck yourself. You are wrong.

[charlg93]

i think cheerleading is a sport, and i wish they did it where i live coz they dont have cheerleading down ere.

lol i so wish i lived in america lmao.

[*Uronacid*]

i think cheerleading is a sport, and i wish they did it where i live coz they dont have cheerleading down ere.

lol i so wish i lived in america lmao.

Hell yeah! AMERICA!!! FUCK ME!!

[dreamonbby]

i am a competitive cheerleader and yeah, it is a sport. we work hard. we fall and get hurt just as much or more than any other contact sport. when you're in the air spinning and what not and then you fall and hit the mat hard, it hurts worse than getting hit by a 180 lb. guy and you guys have pads on! i mean at my school our cheerleaders work hard and it shows. so yeah it is.

[LoveDanceSoul]

As a former competitive cheerleader. ITs not a sport, it is a physical activity but there are no elements that qualify it as being a sanctioned sport.

[EmoEyelinerx]

I dont think it is. Its just basicly dancing which I dont think is a sport eather.

[Gypsy Eyes]

^
Next time you do a pushup into a backhandspring into a full after doing a straddle jump into a backtuck please let me know. Then we'll discuss sports.

[*Uronacid*]

^
Next time you do a pushup into a backhandspring into a full after doing a straddle jump into a backtuck please let me know. Then we'll discuss sports.

Next time you do that, I want you to do it with a bikini on. Tell me how you feel. I may have a job for you depending on your age.

^I'm telling you guys... cheer leading = vocational school for strippers and pole dancers

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

Uh, no. I thought Debate was for serious, open-ended topics. "Cheerleading is a sport: yes/no" is NOT a feasible Debate topic, imo. Please move it to Sports.

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62804

Whether it's "debatable" or not, the exact same topic already exists in sports, and I didn't have to go back very many pages to find it. Plus, all the other topics like this are in sports, like the marching band one. By Steven's explanation, we could have every topic about "should this team have won this game?" in here, but instead they're in sports for a reason.

[*Steven*]

That's because no one posts in sports.

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

What is? The fact that I didn't have to go back very far? That's not relevant.

[Jennifer]

It's definitely a sport if it's competitive cheerleading. I see it as, any physical activity that involves teams and involves being active for a period of time is a sport.

The cheerleading teams formed at high school's etc, now I'm not sure if that can be considered a sport, because it's basically cheering on.. a sport.