Do you think cheerleading is a sport??!?!?

The guys think they got it rough, try getting up at 5:00 in the morning to run laps. Try doing a hundred push ups every time a stunt falls! We compete too, therefore cheerleading is a SPORT! It is in the SPORTS section of the yearbook, meaning it is a SPORT! To all you football players and basketball players; we support your SPORT, so you better start supporting ours!!!

hi, my name is danielle. I am on the California Quake All-satars! I do not think school cheerleading is a sport. (unless you go to 2 or more competitions a year) All-star cheer is only competitive, no rah rah stuff, it fact most competitive squads don't even have a cheer in their rotuine! Gymnasts can tumble yes but, they get a spring mounted floor, we get a 2 inch carpet mat! (and i am not talking about cartwheels, try hack handspran fulls and high levels) We do stunts and pyrimids and stuff. Any ordinary football player could NEVER EVER!!!!..... be a cheerleader. I want this to be declared as a sport!

========== In Reply To ========== The guys think they got it rough, try getting up at 5:00 in the morning to run laps. Try doing a hundred push ups every time a stunt falls! We compete too, therefore cheerleading is a SPORT! It is in the SPORTS section of the yearbook, meaning it is a SPORT! To all you football players and basketball players; we support your SPORT, so you better start supporting ours!!!

hi, my name is danielle. I am on the California Quake All-satars! I do not think school cheerleading is a sport.

(unless you go to 2 or more competitions a year) All-star cheer is only competitive, no rah rah stuff, it fact most competitive squads don't even have a cheer in their rotuine! Gymnasts can tumble yes but, they get a spring mounted floor, we get a 2 inch carpet mat! (and i am not talking about cartwheels, try hack handspran fulls and high levels) We do stunts and pyrimids and stuff. Any ordinary football player could NEVER EVER!!!!..... be a cheerleader. I want this to be declared as a sport.

cheerleading is the hardest sport that i have ever done in my life. i am in competitive cheeleading in texas. i go to cheer station. i know a lot of cheerleaders that work there butt off. if u have seen BRING IT ON then u have a lil taste of the kind of stuff we do. it is not like school cheerleading in any way what so ever. cheerleaders work hard even if we do get crap from other people about it. if u have just seen school cheerleading, then dont even say that cheerleaders suck. because those people that u see at school are not all star cheerleaders that work every day and that go to compititions around the u.s. so if u r not a cheerleader u probably have no idea how hard we work, so stop giving us ur crap about this so called non sport... u have no idea.

========== In Reply To ========== I would just like to state my opinion. We, as high school cheerleaders, do the same amount as you. You may have longer practices, & go to more competitions, but we are doing it for the same purpose. We stunt, tumble, & jump just like you. At my school we are only allowed to go to three competitions a year. Just thought I would state my opinion. Please don't take me the wrong way. Thanks!* :D

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Ok, cheerleading is a sport. A sport is by dictionary definition, something that you compeat in. You do compete in cheerleading. You obviously dont compete if you are a football, basketball or wrestling cheerleader, but those who are on compitition squad do compete. It is a lot of hard work being a cheerleader. We have long practices, and try our hardest. We dont only just stand there and wave our pom-poms and watch others jump around. We work very hard. So therefore, cheerleadin is a sport.

i dont think cheerleading is a sport ! and if u dont believe me i was a cheerleader till i relized i was kinda retarded