[EKY Sportster]

Cheerleading IS DEFINATELY a sport! It has athletes and it competes, so it has to be a sport. The fact that the KHSAA doesn't recognize it as a sport is crazy. But then again, a lot of the things the KHSAA does is crazy.

As was stated earlier, the fact that different schools treat it differently may have something to do with it. But who is to blame? The KHSAA needs to recognize cheerleading as a sport and mandate the rules of competition. Right now they are only half doing it and at the same time not recognizing it as a sport. They either need to make it a sport and regulate it totally or stay out of it period. I would prefer they make it a sport.

If some schools then do not wish to compete, then let them form what we could call "pep squads" to patrol their sidelines. The cheerleaders need to unite and put pressure on the KHSAA to do the right thing.