[go panthers!!!]

true true...i understand you're point
but the reason there were 5 national champs from kentucky is b/c there's so many different categories...just like w/ track you have single A, double A and triple A etc. with cheerleading you got different categories like small squad, big squad, medium varsity, and stuff...(thats not what theyre really called but its somethin along those lines...i dont cheer sorry)
yeah i see what you mean about the scoring too--last year some of my friends that do cheer said they were cheated outta winnin b/c of some bad judges...
but here's my argument for that...whoever judges it doesnt decide whether its a sport or not, they just happen to have alot of influence over how it's played...
like ok we all know tennis is a sport...and matter of fact i play it...so on our team last year, me and some of the other girls lost alot of points we really won playing against this certain school b/c the girls we played against we'rent callin the balls honestly and neither were the officials.

But see maybe we can compromise and say it doesnt count as a "real sport" like basketball baseball, football, and stuff like that (WHICH I THINK IT DOES BUT OH WELL) but its gotta count as somethin b/c i mean come on...now that we're discussin it does poker and nascar and horse-racing count as sports?
poker is on espn all the time...
sure it takes skill and patience, but then again so does reading an encyclopedia...
and for nascar and horseracin the driver doesnt do any of the work except actually get in the car/on the horse and make it go...
he's got a crew to take care of his car or a trainer to feed his horse...and in the end it all comes down to who's lucky and got the best ride