[cheerdad]

Yea just b/c you get hurt doesnt mean its a sport lol .. when you start throwing girls 20-25 feet in the air and miss them then your prolly going to break ur leg .. but that shows heart that they get back up and compete .. cheerleading is a sport in a way, but at our school our girls hate our football team so that in the definition of a cheerleader makes them not a cheerleader .. everyone is proud of ur efforts and accomplishments but when you say that cheerleading is more physical and takes more than football and basketball ur wrong .. there is no judges in other sports to decide who was prettier or who didnt mess up .. u win by playing hard .. this is what classifies cheerleading as not a sport .. they dont go hard or hustle .. they work on looking good and not messing up .. dont take up for cheerleading b/c u are one .. get over the fact that ur not a sport but you are the biggest fans and are greatly appreciated for supporting ur team

In basketball/football, you may not have judges, but you have referees, which in fact do what judges do...judge the way the players are playing or in for the case of cheerleading, judging the way they cheer. There is a penalty if a ball player steps out of bounds, commits a foul just as there are penalties if a cheerleader/team does an illegal stunt, steps out of bounds, touches down on their gymnastics, etc. And as far as winning by playing hard...well, these girls/boys play hard at every game, they play hard at every practice, they play hard at tumbling clinics, stunt clinics. Football players and basketball players throw around a piece of leather weighing at the most 5 lbs...these girls are throwing around, holding, and balancing human beings weighing at least 100 lbs. So again, where is the sport of throwing around a piece of leather. Do not get me wrong....I love baseball, basketball, football. It takes great people with determination etc., to play these sports, but I was just pointing out that your statement is totally ridiculous and not substantuated.