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is Cheerleading a sport?

pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,447
edited July 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
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I say no it is not a sport - anything that is judged to me is not a sport but an event or competition, but not a sport. gymnastics is not a sport either in my opinion. and it's not about how hard you practice or anything of that nature, yes it may be athletic, but not a sport. what do you think?
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  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,026
    A sport has to have a clear winner or decision based on a factual score.

    Anything "judged" is most definitely NOT a sport, but a competition just like you said.
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    A sport has to have a clear winner or decision based on a factual score.

    Anything "judged" is most definitely NOT a sport, but a competition just like you said.
    So unless there is a knockout, Boxing is not a sport?
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,447
    Black Diamond wrote:
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    A sport has to have a clear winner or decision based on a factual score.

    Anything "judged" is most definitely NOT a sport, but a competition just like you said.
    So unless there is a knockout, Boxing is not a sport?

    well Boxing is a hard case for this but I say it is a sport because of the ability to knock someone out defines a clear cut winner - it only goes to scorecards when a clear cut winner can't be decided. so yes I say boxing is a sport (a crooked sport but a sport).
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    A sport has to have a clear winner or decision based on a factual score.

    Anything "judged" is most definitely NOT a sport, but a competition just like you said.

    I wouldn't say that... in my opinion, figure skating, gymnastics, freestyle skiing, etc., are sports, even though they are judged.


    but cheerleading... absolutely not. It seems like such a useless thing in sports too.
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  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,026
    blackredyellow wrote:
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    A sport has to have a clear winner or decision based on a factual score.

    Anything "judged" is most definitely NOT a sport, but a competition just like you said.

    I wouldn't say that... in my opinion, figure skating, gymnastics, freestyle skiing, etc., are sports, even though they are judged.


    but cheerleading... absolutely not. It seems like such a useless thing in sports too.


    Well I'm certainly not questioning the athletic skill involved with the events you mentioned, I just think that a sport is decided "on the field" while things that are left for others to decide are not. It's really just semantics I suppose.
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    Although it is judged, it still has the competition aspect which makes it a sport, it also involves training and athletic conditioning.
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,447
    marcos wrote:
    Although it is judged, it still has the competition aspect which makes it a sport, it also involves training and athletic conditioning.

    so by that definition Dancing with the Stars is a sport.
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    pjhawks wrote:
    marcos wrote:
    Although it is judged, it still has the competition aspect which makes it a sport, it also involves training and athletic conditioning.

    so by that definition Dancing with the Stars is a sport.
    Can you get a replica tiara at Sports Authority? :lol:
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    is Cheerleading a sport? No, not as far as I'm concerned.

    And neither is this but it's still shown on sports channels.

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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    A "sport" is merely a recreactional event if you look up the definition.. You can also be a sport. Sport a new look, and so on..

    Technically, playing monopoly is a sport.

    I'm not sure how the term came to only represent competive sports with high physical exertion..
  • haffajappahaffajappa Posts: 5,955
    I don't think whether or not it is judged defines it as a sport...
    Freestyle skiing and half-pipe snowboarding being good examples.
    Olympic diving as well
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  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    A sport has to have a clear winner or decision based on a factual score.

    Anything "judged" is most definitely NOT a sport, but a competition just like you said.


    Baseball has a guy who judges whether each pitch is a ball or a strike based on his own interpretation. Hockey has a guy who judges whether or not a goal actually occured (he is actually called the goal judge). Are those not sports?
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    Black Diamond wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    marcos wrote:
    Although it is judged, it still has the competition aspect which makes it a sport, it also involves training and athletic conditioning.

    so by that definition Dancing with the Stars is a sport.
    Can you get a replica tiara at Sports Authority? :lol:


    Yes Dancing with the Stars is a sport, especially meeting the athletic conditioning criteria, those chicks are smoking, just like Bring it On chicks. BTW, women's beach volley ball also a sport, men's beach volley ball not a sport. Do you understand my reasoning?
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    No it is not. Just because you work up a sweat doesn't make it a sport.

    And for that matter, NASCAR is not a sport either, much to the disagreement of most southerners.
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,425
    Cheerleading isn't a sport. Not to say that some cheerleaders aren't athletes, it's just that athletic ability isn't a prerequisite to be a cheerleader. If you can yell, you can lead a cheer.

    You can have a competition for anything and that alone doesn't make it a sport.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    marcos wrote:

    Yes Dancing with the Stars is a sport, especially meeting the athletic conditioning criteria, those chicks are smoking, just like Bring it On chicks. BTW, women's beach volley ball also a sport, men's beach volley ball not a sport. Do you understand my reasoning?

    I think so. Basically anything that has moving breasts?

    So...porno is a sport then? ;)
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Here you go..

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sport


    By definition, masturbation would be a sport. Now stop argueing!
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    This might rain hell down upon me, but someone has to say it . . . . . any athletic event that is dominated by women is not a sport :twisted: :mrgreen:
  • haffajappahaffajappa Posts: 5,955
    gabers wrote:
    No it is not. Just because you work up a sweat doesn't make it a sport.

    And for that matter, NASCAR is not a sport either, much to the disagreement of most southerners.
    now THAT is a statement i can believe in.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Is everyone asleep today? Two pages of responses and I have to be the one to say:

    THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT PICTURES :lol:
  • arqarq Posts: 8,012
    Who's going to tell them they're useless?!?

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    NOBODY that's who!!!
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  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    Jason P wrote:
    This might rain hell down upon me, but someone has to say it . . . . . any athletic event that is dominated by women is not a sport :twisted: :mrgreen:

    Wow your a dick!!!

    I don't think cheerleading is a sport, really its just dancers on drugs.
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    arq wrote:
    Who's going to tell them they're useless?!?

    Hot_Sexy_Houston_Texans_Cheerleaders_miniskirt.jpg

    NOBODY that's who!!!
    cheerleading is the greatest sporting event in the history of the universe.
    right now i have cheerleaders noisily cheering and rooting me on while i play chess.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    tinkerbell wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    This might rain hell down upon me, but someone has to say it . . . . . any athletic event that is dominated by women is not a sport :twisted: :mrgreen:

    Wow your a dick!!!

    I don't think cheerleading is a sport, really its just dancers on drugs.

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  • Model Roll ModelModel Roll Model Posts: 215
    nuffingman wrote:
    is Cheerleading a sport? No, not as far as I'm concerned.

    And neither is this but it's still shown on sports channels.

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    of all the dart pictures in all the interwebs, you HAD to choose this one, huh??!!! :lol:
  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Model Roll Model wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    is Cheerleading a sport? No, not as far as I'm concerned.

    And neither is this but it's still shown on sports channels.

    adny-fordham-get_1359893i.jpg
    of all the dart pictures in all the interwebs, you HAD to choose this one, huh??!!! :lol:

    That dudes arms are thicker then my legs

    :x
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Model Roll Model wrote:
    nuffingman wrote:
    is Cheerleading a sport? No, not as far as I'm concerned.

    And neither is this but it's still shown on sports channels.

    adny-fordham-get_1359893i.jpg
    of all the dart pictures in all the interwebs, you HAD to choose this one, huh??!!! :lol:

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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,613
    arq wrote:
    Who's going to tell them they're useless?!?

    Hot_Sexy_Houston_Texans_Cheerleaders_miniskirt.jpg

    NOBODY that's who!!!


    bucs cheerleaders...
    they're the best. hands down. :thumbup:
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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    this thread is useless

    and has pictures ;)
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,613
    smarchee wrote:
    this thread is useless

    and has pictures ;)


    might as well just make it a hot cheerleader thread...
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