Cheerleading: A sport?

Cheerleading.....


is it really a sport?

I mean i'm a cheerleader but still i don't think of it as a sport in a way....

got another totally different idea?

Agree with me?

Or not?

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I think of it as a side act during games, and as a competition at other places.
To me, a sport is two teams going against each other at the same time, scoring points with an object (Ball, puck, etc.)
Everything else such as gymnastics, golf, boxing, cheerleading, swimming, etc. I consider it a competition.

 

A sport is...

So technically if the cheerleaders aren't cheering against anyone else, it's not a sport.

Then again colleges do take people on cheerleading scholarships, so I could be wrong

 

I don't think it's a sport it's just some girly-girly doing cheers and cute little skirts to attarted men and stuff so i don't think it's a sport.

 

It's not a sport. But I thought cheerleading was to cheer on your school team or whatever, not to attract boys.

 

yeah and they cheer so loud your ear would hurt + it does cause you know how boys are wit girls doing that..

 

You gotta point... How loud, exactly?

 

It's a sport just as much as dance is.
I consider dance to be a sport, so why not cheerleading?
There is the whole competitive element to it as well which makes it even more settled in a sport imo. Even if there isn't an opposing cheerleading squad they are still bringing a competitive edge into the context by increasing morale.

 

I guess by defenition it is considered a sport. And it is, in a way, scored since you are cheering on your team to do better than an opposing team.

If it was like a video game, cheerleaders would be what I call 'the buffers' by increasing the morale and stats of other characters. But that's my geek brain working.

 

If they are on the football field (or were ever) and there is no other cheerleading team that is competing against them, then it's not a sport.
but if they are in competitions, then it's a sport
plus it is a physically demanding sport so yes i could be considered a sport because of that

 

nothing is a sport

 

well they yell like a bomb expolsin so i know it's not a sport..

 

Because they yell they can't be a sport?

 

I wish we had cheerleaders where I live ;~;

According Wikipedia it's a sport, but I disagree.
It's basically the same as dancing. It's difficult and it requires athletic skill, but yeah, dancing can also be very difficult and it also requires skill and that's not considered a sport either.
I'm talking about normal cheerleading here btw, not the competitive kind.

 

well kinda when they drees fix their hair and cheer cause i know it's not a sport and they attareted men and ive seen it at my school of course >>''

 

Competitive cheerleading is a sport, obviously.

 

I used to be a cheerleader before I damaged my ankle, i don't think it is.

Wouldn't the cheerleaders need cheerleaders?

LOL. Where do you get your information? Television? My school must be different, Alot of cheerleaders here are single.

Well they are... I don't know...CHEERING?

 

...the only reason this question comes up so much is cause girls want to drag out the guys who are gonna say its not a sport so they can act like they are being discriminated against...i think it's not a sport when it's used as a peripheral to a sport

 

Is handstanding a sport?....No.

Is cheering a sport?....No.

Is wearing skimpy clothes a Sport?....No.

Is a combination of the three a sport....I dont think so.

 

Well, if you think about it, Cheerleading is dancing but to support their team. And a lot of the routines have gymnastics in it at some point with the lifts and flips. So, saying that Cheerleading isn't a sport would then say that Gymnastics and Dancing aren't sports either.

Doesn't that kinda cancel everything out then?