[friendofbelfry]

Thats your reasons for CL being a sport??? Wow. That is a WEAK WEAK argument. Just because they go to the games & scream & make rhymes, travel to a game, maintain certain gpa's & abide by rules??? So are the students from the school who go to games but are not on the CL squad considered cheerleaders? Where are their skirts. They travel to the game, scream & cheer & maintain GPA's also. Woopty Doo. CLers are good athletes (atleast the ones that actually flip) but CL is NOT a sport. :Thumbs:

:igiveup: just to turn around and quote everything I say , and say it is wrong, does not mean it isn't a sport, as for all the other students who travel to the games to support the teams,and maintain good grades... I am glad, and they have every chance to try out for the squad. if you will back up and read a few other statements in this forum, I think the def. of a sport, included everything a cheerleader represents. I was only stating my opinon, if the KHEAA doesn't think we are a sport, then who am I to say it is. All I was saying is, cheerleaders work just as hard as every other team deemed a sport! If you ever have a son/daughter, sister or friend involved in cheerleading ask them what it means to cheer, or if it is a sport.

Originally Posted by FOX SPORTS
Here is the definition of sport from the Cambridge Dictionary:

sport (GAME)
noun
1 [C] a game, competition or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as a job:

With that said, Yes, Cheerleading is a sport...It meets these definition requirements.
1.Competition
2. Physical effort
3. Skill
4. Rules