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I have cheerleaders AND ballplayers, so I'm not posting just as a cheer parent. These kids have tryouts, they have to be able to compete in various things AGAINST each other to make the squad. They have to be Very atheletic, put in a lot of hours, practice hard-usually daily, work together as a team in order to pull off very diffilcult routines, stunts and mounts. And yes they compete in tourneys but they also travel and compete in Cheerleading competitions that have nothing to do with ball. In fact there are squads that never cheer for games, all they do is travel and compete! So yes, definetely, it is a sport.