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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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cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body. [/ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] Kinda like beauty pageants? or Boy Scout competitions? "And the All-State for Eagles in the Hiking competition goes to....." |
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Kinda like beauty pageants? or Boy Scout competitions? "And the All-State for Eagles in the Hiking competition goes to....." [/ QUOTE ] Yeah I am sorry. All athletic competition outside of football, baseball, basketball and hockey is lame and does not count. |
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cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body. [/ QUOTE ] Just because it is athletic does not make it a sport. |
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[ QUOTE ] cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body. [/ QUOTE ] Just because it is athletic does not make it a sport. [/ QUOTE ] so? it's more atheltic than many all-male sports. |
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] cheerleading is easily one of the toughest sports athletically and on your body. [/ QUOTE ] Just because it is athletic does not make it a sport. [/ QUOTE ] so? it's more atheltic than many all-male sports. [/ QUOTE ] So is "Dancing with the Stars", but dancing isn't a sport. There's a difference between artistic expression and sports. Cheerleading started as an art and someone decided "Hey, let's rate how good they are at it." That does not make it a sport. |
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There's a difference between artistic expression and sports. Cheerleading started as an art and someone decided "Hey, let's rate how good they are at it." That does not make it a sport. [/ QUOTE ] I would agree with what you are saying if cheerleaders were still doing the same, easy, boring cheers and nothing else as they did when the artistic expression/sport started out. Cheerleading now is almost nothing about cheering for a football team (the competitive squads) but about stunts and flying. I saw my gf's dad's HS football tape in the garage and we decided to throw it in to see what was up, well little did I know her mother was a cheerleader--this was in the late 60's I guess. Well the cheerleading consisted of a few cheers and sitting on a partners shoulders waving their pom poms. Not even close to what goes on today...so you can't compare something b/c of how it started, there is evolution in many things, especially sports. |
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