Do you think cheerleading is a sport I DO?

Question

am 14 and i have been cheering for 9 years i love it and im so tierd of people saying its not a sport. here is some reasons why i think cheerleading is a soprt

Stratigy-

1.Like all recognized sports, cheerleading has big-time strategy. One very important aspect of cheering is knowing when to say certain things. For instance, they only use touchdown cheers when their team has made a touchdown. Knowing when to say the right thing during a game is kind of like debating.

trash talk- (ALL THOGUH I DONT DO YOU BECAUSE I WAS TOUGHT NOT TOO AND I RESPECT THAT

2.Every athlete knows that sports involve a lot of trash talking. Cheerleaders could possibly be the worst trashers of them all because a part of their sport is calling out the other team. For example, if one of the teams comes over to the other side of the field they might use a classic cheer like: “We’re hot, you’re not so go light up in the parking lot. Yeahhhhhhhh! Wheeeeew!” I have to say though that trash talking in cheerleading is bringing a new aspect to the term, because members even slander their own team mates! They are definitely one up on all the other sports.

Uniforms-

3.Every recognized sport has uniforms and cheerleading is no exception. In fact, their uniforms could possibly be the most recognized of any sport. Uniforms are perfected to best suit the athlete’s needs. In cheerleading, the girls are put in super-duper short skirts that probably do not even fit the dress code at the school. But there is a valid reason for their size. Short skirts allow for greater movement than a long skirt.

The guys are put in baggy shorts or pants. There is a definite reason why girls are dressed in skirts and not pants. Remember when we were discussing how there are strategic moves in cheerleading. Well…some of those moves tend to reveal a little more than others and that can sometimes be pretty entertaining to all that testosterone in the crowd. The shirts also tend to be pretty small and I really can’t figure out how that would be of any use to the cheerleaders. So again, I have come to my own conclusion and deducted that again they are for the entertainment.

Popularity-

4.Anyone who has been to high school knows that the jocks are usually pretty popular and party pretty hard. This goes the same for cheerleaders. Like the male athletes, the cheerleaders are also strangely popular among their fellow peers. I really can only attribute this to their unique and special athletic ability. They also have the great ability to party on and on and on. This has to be because of their superior build and strategic mind.

TV

5.Maybe the most compelling evidence of all is that there are televised competitions. Every sport has televised competitions and so does cheerleading. I can just imagine the whole family gathering around to watch the national championships of cheerleading. It is probably the equivalent of the Super Bowl. Now don’t try and deny it, I know you have watched one of these in awe. Well…maybe you haven’t; but there is always a first for everything.

wow well you say we dont have a ball well swimming doesnt have a ball and thats a sport

you say we dont compete against anyone well umm YES WE DO

we do not compete agaisnt ourselves we compete agaisnt other teams and we copete to win the trophy

we have rules and boundrys just like soccer football baseball swimming and a whole bunch of others

also we are talking about competitive cheerleading not cheering at a game

you say a sport needs direct conflic well for your info we yell at all teams so hahaha

and to ever said that cheerleaders wouldn't run laps HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA we do that pluse our whole work out. do you see the muscles and abs that cheerleaders have well you should loook also if you are going to make fun of our uniform than make fun of swimmers theirs is just as reveling as ours but we need the skirts cause we need to be airodinamic and we are not just a feminam sport we are masculin too so if you cant tell me why cheerleading isnt a sport with a LOGICAL defination well hahahahaha and if you say something about cheerleading not being a sport . . .

trust me. . .

one cheerleader. . . . no . . . . all the cheerleaders will have a better reason why that answer is false

15 hours ago

Additional Details

15 hours ago

REMEMBER: ATHLETES LIFT WEIGHTS, CHEERLEADERS LIFT ATHLETES!!!!!!!!!!

14 hours ago

its long because i am trying to prove a point

14 hours ago

its not a dnce off we compete against 4-20 other teams just like in the olympics well than floor hymnastics is not a sport too cause thats like the same thing as cheerleading only we do stunts

14 hours ago

there are leques of cheerleading

their intermidiate advanced also there are cheer sponsers

like pop warner and USC

14 hours ago

IM TALKING ABOUT COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING NOT CHEERING AT A GAME

14 hours ago

these are some sports that are not in the olymipcs-

bowling

water skiing

Chess

and a bunch more

14 hours ago

gymnasts are good i can admite that but they cant do stunts

the compete alone

and in cheerleading you have to rely on one another \

just like any other sport

4 minutes ago

are there cheerleaders at swim are their cheerleaders at hockey are there cheerleaders in a lot of sport no so not all sports need a cheerleader

also cheerleaders are very inteligental we have brains and we no how to use them i got a 81 on my math midterm

Answer 1

i agree with you 100 percent.

cheerleading is a toughh toughh sport.

and im tired of all the stereotypes

i have been a cheerleader almost my whole life

and i love it

but i am not superficial, i dont do it for popularity, im not a s**t, and im not dumb.

i graduated first in my class and i was and still am a cheerleader

Answer 2

It could be but for it to be a sport it has to have teams and organized play.....cheerleading COULD have that....plus you would need a league of some sport

LOL at AC

Answer 3

I think you left your "inteligence" at home.

Answer 4

Yes I do. My Wife was a Cheerleader. And The College I atteneded has the best Cheerleading program in the Nation and has won slews of National Titles since the 1980's

Answer 5

I think you need to stop asking the same d**n question over and over again. Get over it girl! When you get older none of that c**p will matter anymore.

Answer 6

i totally agree with you a 100% cheerleading is pretty hard when your tiered you still have to show school spirit or college lol but yes cheerleading is a sport and ppl think cheerleading is so easy but try smiling, lifting  a 115 ibs gurl,and cheering at the same time

Answer 7

inteligental? not a word...lol

w/e go shake your butt I don't care...

and did you notice that cheer leading doesn't have its own section?

Answer 8

Well, you gave a long 'question' so i'll give you my long answer.

I feel that cheerleading is //sometimes// a sport.

But just for the sake of argument, here is why all of your reasons are dumb

My little sister cheers competitively with super intense practices and fierce competition. I respect that.

The Girls on the sides of the football games I /don't/ Respect.

1. Strategy?

Strategy is using your head to do something cunning to give you an advantage.

Only doing touchdown cheers when somebody scores isn't strategy. its common sense.

2. Trash Talk?

Sports isn't about talking trash. Its about competition. And really, cheerleaders are 'the best' trash talkers if there is such a thing, because thats what they do. My swim and volleyball team might not like the other team, but we don't trash them. Thats yellow card and out of the game.

3. Uniforms?

NEWSFLASH you don't need a sport to wear a uniform.

My high school wears uniforms, does that make math a sport?

4. Popularity?

The members being popular doesn't make cheerleading a sport

They may be the top dogs of the school, but that has nothing to do with being a sport

5 Television?

another newsflash for you- THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS ON TV

"whole family gathering around to watch" Same thing happens with American Idol. Is that a sport now to?

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if you are going to make fun of our uniform than make fun of swimmers theirs is just as reveling as ours but we need the skirts cause we need to be airodinamic

Well, honestly a cheer uniform shows more skin than a one piece suit, and you know the Olympics? That place where they have real sports on? Look at those suits. they cover the whole body

If you really needed aerodynamics, you could wear spandex like volleyball players. Thats not what it is about. It is s*x appeal

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also cheerleaders are very inteligental we have brains and we no how to use them i got a 81 on my math midterm"

Yes, i'm sure you are 'inteligental'

But other people, are INTELLIGENT. There is a difference

Answer 9

ya  

Answer 10

inteligental? That's not a word. You really spelled many words wrong in this question. You are not INTELLIGENT. But it is a sport. Cheerleading is basically a variation of gymnastics. Popularity doesn't matter in sports. You don't need trash talk in a sport.