Cheerleading is a real sport, right?

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Bridget

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well i do cheerleading and im in love with it<3 but all my friends tell me it isnt even a sport. But it so is! its gymnastics, dancing, and lifts(whatever they would be catagorized as) it takes alot of hard work! but my friends are all conviced that we just stand there and look pretty. am i crazy or is cheerleading REALLY a sport?
 
Cheerleading IS a sport.

when a girl talked out of line on the squad she would have to run laps, do push-ups, or run the bleachers.

we got more injuries than our football team & sucked it up just like other players should.

we compete just as hard as any other team out there.

we ache & sweat after a day of practice & occasionally cry.

so yes i think its a sport but i hated all the superficialness of it & thats why i quit haha
 
no. not at all. cheerleading is just for girls who think poorly of themselves and feel like wearing slutty outfits will make people like them.
 
For schools that actually compete or do the gymnastics/stunts, YES.

But in my old high school they just stood there and did terrible dances.
THAT is not a sport.
 
I've never done cheerleading, but many of my friends have and I know/see what they go through, so I think that it is definitely a sport. The definition of sport is "an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition" and that's exactly what cheerleaders do! Don't listen to your friends.
 
I don't.

I use to cheer before. It does take a lot of work and effort, but I don't consider it a real sport.

Have you ever noticed before when watching a game (either basketball or football) that they barely EVER show the cheerleaders? Its like whats the point of them being there?
 
"stand there and look pretty" lol.. the reason i laugh is b/c every single cheerleader at my highschool was butt as$ ugly. haha.

yeah its a sport. if you can get a letter on your jacket for it, its a sport i guess.
 
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