Poll: do you concider cheerleading a sport
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You bring up an exellent point, which goes back to my original point of opinion based events as sport. Consider that all the rigorous training that sometimes pushes beyond the bounds of human limits. I cant help but to think of the instance of Strugg in the Olympics where she injured herself,performed through the pain, yet did everything in her power while performing to make it appear as if she hadnt been to the point where she consciously tried to put weight on her injured leg in order to make it look like a more proper landing. Why? because to not be perfect would sway the opinion of the judges.deadguynotyetburied said:
Also, consider that another contributing factor of opinion based competition, is the fact that people can win or loose based off of one less than morally sound judge. Im sure theres been plenty of judges who have been bribed to give higher or lower scores one way or another. Or perhaps it was a more personal vendetta. Allowing a victory to be determined on something that is as manipulatable as an opinion doesnt seem very sporting. At least when someone is bribed to take a fall in something like boxing, its the person who is directly involved with it who has to do that action and live with the consequence of their amoral decision, and the shame of their failure.
LOL.. i seriously cannot belive I have posted this many times to a thread on Cheerleading of all things. Im going to bed. Have a great evening everybody.
Oh I wish I knew where the article is so I can link it... But there was an article that showed statistics that showed that there are actual more injuries in cheerleading than in the sports they cheer. On top of that yes, they do train a lot. And though I don't think normal cheerleading is a sport I do think competitive is. Mainly because I feel for something to be a sport there must be competition. And I came from a high school where the cheerleaders looked manlier than the athletes... From my school saying you dated a cheerleader was an insult. Watch a bunch of ugly out of shape people try to cheer, than watch a bunch of professional do so. Than do the same thing with your favorite sport. The horribleness in the comparisons are equal. Plus, anyone willing to get launched 20 feet in the air to win should be called an athlete.
Well I consider all of those sports (yes, even gaming), as well as cheerleading. I have a few cheerleaders as friends, even though it's fairly unpopular in Australia, and they're all very hardworking and they have to be very fit for what they do. It can be done competitively as well. It's just like gymnastics, really, and that's an Olympic sport. I don't see how it isn't one.jcb1337 said:
Sorry, not according to Dictionary.combodare said:
Sport
: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. However, Cheerleading does fall into that category. Even if it didn't I would say it was because of how life threatening it is. With how many injuries and deaths there are Cheerleading deserves to be called a sport.
Where's the "who gives a toss" option?
People worry WAY too much about whether or not their preferred hobby or activity is a sport.
People worry WAY too much about whether or not their preferred hobby or activity is a sport.
Don't say that around any South Koreans.Fuloqwam said:
OT - Honestly, I don't much think of it as a sport, but I will admit that the training is intense.
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My sister cheers for both her school and for a competition squad that my parents own stake in. The amount of work she puts in is astronomical. Cheerleading used to be just about school spirit and yelling, but these days, with all the stunting and influence from gymnastics and interpretive dance, it's become something much more.
The really dedicated cheerleaders...don't mess with them, they can probably kick your ass, because they're incredibly strong and they travel in packs.
The really dedicated cheerleaders...don't mess with them, they can probably kick your ass, because they're incredibly strong and they travel in packs.
I'm not sure why voting no means I have to state that it gives "people bad physical images and turns them into bitches".
I don't consider Golf a "real sport" either, that doesn't mean it doesn't take skill and experience to be good at, nor that I don't respect the pros.
So no, but due to biased hate poll, yes.
I don't consider Golf a "real sport" either, that doesn't mean it doesn't take skill and experience to be good at, nor that I don't respect the pros.
So no, but due to biased hate poll, yes.
Competitively, MAYBE.
But generic school cheerleading, even with the gymnastics they do I don't consider it a sport.
It might just be my school but even with all the working out they all still seem pretty weak (I did used to be one for a while).
But generic school cheerleading, even with the gymnastics they do I don't consider it a sport.
It might just be my school but even with all the working out they all still seem pretty weak (I did used to be one for a while).
I saw that episode, and it changed the way I look at cheerleaders. Back in the old days, when it was just waving pom poms and looking good, I wouldn't call it a sport. But with all the crazy shit they do now, it's easily athletic enough (and dangerous enough) to be considered a sport.SecondmateFlint said:
I'd like to be able to say "No, no more than Twilight is classic literature it's not.", however, to be fair, I do know a few people involved in cheerleading, and the physical training required is, well...to put it mildly, it's nigh on astounding. It's essentially gymnastics in the sense that you have to be ridiculously physically capable, except it promotes near impossible standards, prejudice, encourages people to be arrogant little pricks, and basically turns people into insufferable bitches if they're not careful.