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I was reading my hometown newspaper online today and saw that an all state team was named. I clicked the article and found that it was an all state cheerleading team? that's a sport? they even had positions: flyer, base and back.
granted, I've seen that they televise cheering competions on espn, but that doesn't make it a sport. granted some of those cheerleaders do some athletic stuff, but but, but, but...cheerleading's a sport now? how backhanded a compliment is it to be named the best "base" in the state? I'm just old now, I guess. either that, or I'm jaded by my high school cheerleaders who would have all probably played "base".

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cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body.

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Quit hating and get a fantasy team already.

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cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body.

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which position were you?

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Yeah you're old.

It's not really a backhanded compliment if you enjoy being a cheerleader and all your hardwork pays off and a state newspaper acknowledges your skill level.

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Yeah you're old.

It's not really a backhanded compliment if you enjoy being a cheerleader and all your hardwork pays off and a state newspaper acknowledges your skill level.

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Kinda like beauty pageants? or Boy Scout competitions?

"And the All-State for Eagles in the Hiking competition goes to....."

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how backhanded a compliment is it to be named the best "base" in the state?

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It's not backhanded at all.

Also, this thread title is really bad. It gives no clue to what the topic is.

(Yet somehow it still captured me. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] )

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Kinda like beauty pageants? or Boy Scout competitions?

"And the All-State for Eagles in the Hiking competition goes to....."

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Yeah I am sorry. All athletic competition outside of football, baseball, basketball and hockey is lame and does not count.

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The HS's that are actually amazing are coed, so you won't see any base awards there obviously...my HS was a really good cheerleading school but not coed, and my gf was on one of the best coed HS cheerleading squads in the country, some of the stuff they can do is flat-out sick. Awards may be too much, but I have had to be around that "sport" for a long time and they put their bodies to the test, compete, and are athletically gifted...to me that = a sport.

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cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body.

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Just because it is athletic does not make it a sport.