I think gymnastics is a sport, but not really cheerleading. I find it to be very degrading to women, basically just there for guys including middle aged guys to undress underage girls with their eyes, messed up. I think schools should have gymnastic teams rather than being eye candy for guy time. If it was a sport, it shouldnt need to be tied to football or basketball games, so as is, its being treated as a subservient form of entertainment for men's endeavors.
Poll: do you concider cheerleading a sport
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well, if it's more or less physically challenging in one way or another (streantgh, stamina agillity for insatnce), and has some sort of compettitive element, then it's a sport.
I guess it's as much a sport as some of the arty ice-skating which is featured in winter olympics.
Now for a more interresting question, if it is a sport, and they haev competittions, do they have lower-rank cheerleaders who comes to cheer up the crowd before the compettitive cheerleaders go on, or do they have ball players come throw/kick/hit some balls as a warmup act?
I guess it's as much a sport as some of the arty ice-skating which is featured in winter olympics.
Now for a more interresting question, if it is a sport, and they haev competittions, do they have lower-rank cheerleaders who comes to cheer up the crowd before the compettitive cheerleaders go on, or do they have ball players come throw/kick/hit some balls as a warmup act?
I dont think its a sport. Its an exhibition. Its a talent show really, showing that you can be fun and perky and can make a triangle. I mean, think about it. waht do you associate cheerleaders with (besides personality flaws in women because yes, there are nice cheerleaders.) They're support to give the team that extra boost of confidence so tehy play harder. You never see three hour long cheerleading competitions.
The only thing i dont get is, why? Cheerleaders can say they cheeer and give he team some confidence, but i"ve never seen the team that came back from from a 57-10 loss (american footbal) or 94-40 (basketball) or 15-3 (baseball) or 7-1(hockey if they have them) or 9-1 (soccer/football) just becuase a girl say yay go team or made a triangle.
The only thing i dont get is, why? Cheerleaders can say they cheeer and give he team some confidence, but i"ve never seen the team that came back from from a 57-10 loss (american footbal) or 94-40 (basketball) or 15-3 (baseball) or 7-1(hockey if they have them) or 9-1 (soccer/football) just becuase a girl say yay go team or made a triangle.
Cheerleading is gymnastics. Gymnastics are sports. Martial arts is not a sport; it's a dance where you get to hit & kick anyone who gets too close.
One cheerleader in my highschool broke her leg durring a game. Many of the players lost their concentration after that & the game was called of & reheld a week latter. We also banned cheerleading for 2 years.
Also, why is golf a sport? More importantly, should I be embarassed that Women's Golf was the only sport our school had any trophies for?
One cheerleader in my highschool broke her leg durring a game. Many of the players lost their concentration after that & the game was called of & reheld a week latter. We also banned cheerleading for 2 years.
Also, why is golf a sport? More importantly, should I be embarassed that Women's Golf was the only sport our school had any trophies for?
Then Dictionary.com needs to redefine athletic activity and physical prowess, because the only requirement for bowling is that you can use one of your arms and three fingers.crudus 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.
I would dare say I use a lot more then that while gaming.
I'm not sure...
On one hand it seems rather childish, on the other it takes skill to balance and hold formations
I don't know...
Both.
On one hand it seems rather childish, on the other it takes skill to balance and hold formations
I don't know...
Both.
My objection with this topic is not the obvious ignorance, or lack of interest in cheer leading. honestly if cheer leading vanished from the face of the planet i would not notice, but some one would. What i object to is the word consider. No one has any right to tell another person what is or is not a sport, or deny them the opportunity to practice and play. Obviously that doesn't hold true if the activity is a danger to any one not participating willingly. the definition of sport is merely a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. On that definition poker, competitive eating, cheer leading, even multiplayer video games are sports. You cant tell the people that engage in those activities there hobby is less than soccer for what ever small minded reason you believe. Maybe a man extends his gut rater than his arms in his personal battle for glory but that doesn't make his effort any less meaningful to him.Eliam_Dar said:
I object to the topic on a moral level because deciding one sport is more a sport than another, or that one is less is a form of blatant discrimination against the people who prefer the "lesser" sport.
Yes, I think Cheer-leading should be classed as a sport, not only for the huge amount of training that's put into it, but also to increase safety measures, it's fucking dangerous.