Not everyone can hit an 85 mph fast ball and a 72 mph curveball.
Not everyone can run up ad down the court night in and night out for 32 minutes and get up in the morning and have a hardcore practice.
Not everyone can knock down a 275 pound man night in and night out.
But if you can, I consider you an athlete.



And its THANKS not THANX.

You are so right but then again not everyone can do a full down.
Not everyone can do a full or a lay out or even a back tuck. Not eveyone can go through 4 or 5 three hour practices a week just to have the routine changed the night before a competion because someone got sick and still get the job done.

And this is Arkansas, here we pronounce and spell the words however we see fit.

Thanx

But one could be taught to do those things.
You cant teach someone to knock down a 250 pound linebacker, or run up and down the court for 32 minutes.
At least not easily.

Again you are wrong, I have been around cheerleading a long time and have seen these kids. There have been some coming up to the gym week after week that still cant do the basic back hand spring and there are some that have been doing this stuff for 3-4 years that cant do a tuck. It is not as easy as most think.

Well i know for a fact i dont consider it a sport.My sister and I fight every day about if it is or not!I know one thing though, even if its not a sport we dont look at how hard these girls work. All the guys at our school think if its not a contact sport than its not a sport.Well if you wanna put id that way then how is golf,tennis,swmming,and ect, a sport? Everyone calls those sports so whats the difference. Yeah and cheerleaders do have seasons. They cheer durring football and basketball then durning the break they prepare for next year.

I think someone has already did this but here it goes again.

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This sport (spôrt, spōrt) Pronunciation Key
n.
1.
a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
c. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.
d. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
e. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.
f. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
g. Informal One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.
h. Informal A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.
i. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life.
j. A gambler at sporting events.

2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively!!!!!] Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major



Cheerleading is a sport[1][2][3][4] that uses organized routines made from elements of tumbling, dance, and stunting to direct the event's spectators to cheer on sports teams at games and matches and/or compete at cheerleading competitions. The athlete involved is called a cheerleader. With an estimated 1.5 million participants in allstar cheerleading (not including the millions more in high school, college or little league participants) in the United States alone, cheerleading is, according to Newsweek's Arian Campo-Flores, "the most quintessential of American sports."[


they both compete

I think that is enough said.

Thank you!!!

Well, I guess we will just have to agree to disagree.
Your entitled to your opinion, as I am mine.
I dont think its a sport, and I never will.
The end.

Wait a minute.
Yall are saying, if I sit in the stands, and cheer for my team, Im participating in a sport?

no , but if you put on spankies and get on the court and cheer, I'd call you a cheerleader!!

Thats funny right there, I dont care who ya are.

Please try and read the definition that was posted.

In reference to the why make it a sport, question. It needs a season for the kids and parents involved just like any other sport. Therefore, the AAA has gotten involved. What has been totally ignored in this whole discussion is the people who run the businesses, travel to the schools to do the training, etc, .....lwhile in it for the love of the sport, still are making megabucks$$$$ off of their sports. Check out the costs for participating at these places if you don't believe it. It is extracurricular if it is quote, "the ??High School CHeerleaders". BB, FB, VB, Baseball, etc all have a season. Why should the sport of cheerleading be any different. If there were no end to FB , BB, etc, seasons coaches would schedule 50 games.
Regulations and rules are there to protect kids from over exuberant coaches, parents, sometimes kids themselves, and in some instances, businesses for profit. Even when they are dedicated to their sport.
There are certainly some cases where kids are pressured to decide which sport they want to pursue at a very early age due to pressure from coaches in each sport. SEE JO Volleyball, AAU BB, traveling softball teams, spring 7 on 7 HS football, cheerleading, et all!!
Let kids be kids!
Give it a season and make the offseason outside of the school's calendar year.