is Cheerleading a sport?

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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    yep, the Bucs cheerleaders can play any sport and I'd watch :lol:
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  • autumnautumn Posts: 191
    So I have to say that my boyfriend and I have this sort of conversation all the time. He is an olympic gold medalist in what he calls a true sport, swimming. He agrees with the whole open for interpretation thing, aka judging, disqualifies an activity as a sport. Of course in his mind, only the summer olympics are the "real" olympics to him, so take it for what it's worth. ;)
  • For those who have HBO, make sure and watch the Penn and Teller Bullsh*t episode about High School cheerleaders and why it isn't a sport....
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    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.
    I was totally kidding! :lol:
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,613
    autumn wrote:
    So I have to say that my boyfriend and I have this sort of conversation all the time. He is an olympic gold medalist in what he calls a true sport, swimming. He agrees with the whole open for interpretation thing, aka judging, disqualifies an activity as a sport. Of course in his mind, only the summer olympics are the "real" olympics to him, so take it for what it's worth. ;)

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  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    I don't think the question should be is cheerleading a sport, but rather, is cheerleading a sport that people should be given scholarships for. That seems to be the issue in the original article.
    I think canceling volleyball in order to start up a cheerleading program is pretty stupid, especially when you only seem to be adding the sport to appease Title IX and cut costs.
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  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    autumn wrote:
    So I have to say that my boyfriend and I have this sort of conversation all the time. He is an olympic gold medalist in what he calls a true sport, swimming. He agrees with the whole open for interpretation thing, aka judging, disqualifies an activity as a sport. Of course in his mind, only the summer olympics are the "real" olympics to him, so take it for what it's worth. ;)

    But swimming has judges too, making sure people do things like th correct stroke for various events, correct turns, and correct starts (especially in relay events). If a human judge decides you did a turn wrong you lose same way humans decide who wins at gymnastics or cheerleading.
  • Brock SamsonBrock Samson Posts: 328
    For those who have HBO, make sure and watch the Penn and Teller Bullsh*t episode about High School cheerleaders and why it isn't a sport....

    sadly, that isn't on hbo. it's on showtime.

    as far as the topic of the thread....i gotta go with the majority here, cheerleading is not a sport.
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  • autumnautumn Posts: 191
    autumn wrote:
    So I have to say that my boyfriend and I have this sort of conversation all the time. He is an olympic gold medalist in what he calls a true sport, swimming. He agrees with the whole open for interpretation thing, aka judging, disqualifies an activity as a sport. Of course in his mind, only the summer olympics are the "real" olympics to him, so take it for what it's worth. ;)

    are you dating michael phelps?
    :lol: No, but my boyfriend does know him.
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    Jason P wrote:
    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.
    I was totally kidding! :lol:

    I know you were kidding, it just really wasn't funny and was incredibly offensive. Just remember that women are part of this board, think before you type.
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  • mbangel10mbangel10 Posts: 548
    For those who have HBO, make sure and watch the Penn and Teller Bullsh*t episode about High School cheerleaders and why it isn't a sport....

    I watched that episode just the other night. Now I have a totally different opinion and think that it absolutely should be a sport. Some of the statistics were a bit staggering, and screw Varsity... that company is the devil.

    Watch it here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbymhQyq5rQ
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  • SongburstSongburst Posts: 1,195
    autumn wrote:
    So I have to say that my boyfriend and I have this sort of conversation all the time. He is an olympic gold medalist in what he calls a true sport, swimming. He agrees with the whole open for interpretation thing, aka judging, disqualifies an activity as a sport. Of course in his mind, only the summer olympics are the "real" olympics to him, so take it for what it's worth. ;)
    The Summer Olympics are for pussies ... and any sport requiring a man to shave his legs and back to gain a competetive advantage can not be considered a true sport.

    Real men compete on snow and ice so they can get drunk and sauna with many ladies after the competition.
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    the jeagler... you are genius
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,613
    chadwick wrote:
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    the jeagler... you are genius

    she's cheerleading from the sidelines. :thumbup:
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    chadwick wrote:
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    the jeagler... you are genius

    she's cheerleading from the sidelines. :thumbup:
    she's very appealing from the sidelines or anywhere for that matter.
    a very nice girl.
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  • ponner1usponner1us Posts: 738
    No, cheerleading is not a sport.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    ponner1us wrote:
    No, cheerleading is not a sport.

    but if it was, would they have their own cheerleaders???
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,613
    ponner1us wrote:
    No, cheerleading is not a sport.

    but if it was, would they have their own cheerleaders???

    excellent question.
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,838
    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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  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    chime wrote:

    He doesn't quite look like that any more

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    Wow!!!
    Darts is much more cardiovascular than I thought :shock: :lol:
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