[MCcheerCHICK09]

No where in my post did i say that injuries meant cheerleading is a sport i was just showing that it is a physical sport just as football and basketball...and no where in what you quoted did i say that it was harder that football and basketball...do i believe that it is no but it is just as hard...Our competitions are different from any basketball or football game where if your down by 5 (or a touchdown) you still have a chance to win....We work our butts 2-3 hour practices 6 days a week for 2 1/2 mintues wether it was awesome or the worst it could have been..we try our best and leave it up to the judges to decide who the winner sould be...we combine gymnatics, stunts, jumps, a cheer, and a dance into 2 1/2 minutes and talk about hustling...we have to take up for ourselves b\c we are the ones who know that this truely is a sport....

I could not have said it better myself. Let's see someone wha says cheerleading is not a sport come to one practice...and them hear them say it's not. When we work our butts off doing a cheer or routines over and over, run laps, condition, and than not only cheer for games but compete as well.....thats what i call a sport. People just dont understand until they do it themselves. On top of all the hard work we have to keep a smile, yell and look pretty while we are at it.:Cheerlead