Why do people think cheelreading is not a sport?

I understand that some teams are really bad and dont do much but what about allstar cheerleading! It's extremely hard and you practice almost everyday of the week. We workout,stunt,tumble,jump, and dance till we are throwing up and crying and sweating...

are butts off. I did advance leagues in baseball,basketball, and volley ball and they are not even close to bein hard at all! I dont' understand why people make fun of us cheerleaders who are amazing athletes who work are buts off and all we just want to do is succeed and have fun!! Soo do you think cheerleading is a sport?? If not say why please

Some cheer leading is - some isn't. Heres what 'sport' means and if the certain cheer leading squad does all this then they are certainly doing a sport:
* A physical activity which involves propelling a mass through space or overcoming the resistance of a mass
* A contest or competition against or with an opponent
* Is governed by rules which explicitly define the time, space and purpose of the contest and the conditions under which a winner is declared
* The acknowledged primary purpose of the competition is a comparison of the relative skills of the participants

Personally I think that if they aren't doing any competitions then its not a sport, they are just entertaining. But some cheer leading is competitive which makes it a sport.

I was a cheerleader for 4 years and I would always being argueing with people that cheerleading is a sport. I think people who have actually done cheerleading will say it is a sport and the only reason why people dont is because they think it's so easy when its a lot harder than other sports.

no it's not. ya dont do an ything but bu t stand on the side and cheer while the players get ouot there and work our butts off. and I know casue I've been on both sides

no it's not. ya dont do an ything but bu t stand on the side and cheer while the players get ouot there and work our butts off. and I know casue I've been on both sides

no it's not. ya dont do an ything but bu t stand on the side and cheer while the players get ouot there and work our butts off. and I know casue I've been on both sides

softballchick,
wow then you must of been on a sucky team that didn't do anything like I said sssooo first of all no offense but I think some softball teams like dont do anythign and I've played softball in the advance leagues and its easy as hell so dont even go there

I dont think cheerleading is a sport, especially if your not competing simple as that, shaking your butt in fron tof people, not so hard

yeah I know thats like not even athletic but competitive def. is!

oh yeah I'm on a real sucky team thats why we're ranked number one in the state right yeah and they dont have cheerleaders for softball it's basketball adn they suck nobody likes them and you can teven hear them. and playing for a rec league dont count as advanced.

nope I played for advance league and not rec=] and what state were you in? ?? o and by the way why do I have to keep telling you!!! IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FOOTBALL CHEERLEADING WHERE THEY DONT REALLY DO ANYTHING , IM TALKING ABOUT ALLSTAR/COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING!!! AND IF YOU READ WHAT I FIRST POSTED THEN YOU'LL KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CHEERLEADING IM TALKING ABOUT.. o and wow you people are so retarded please get back to reality...you read it in my first post you just dont want to admit that ALLSTAR CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT

o yeah and by the way your team is not ranked number 1 in tn I looked it up in 5 seconds and your team, chattanooga xplosion , wasn't even close to being ranked in the top =0

Cheerleading is physically demanding. So therefore, it's a sport.

I am a cheerleader of 3 yars and totally agree with loulou. Sideline cheerleading is just as demanding as competitive. we have to lift and thow girls in the air trying doing that if you aren't phusically fit. and the injury risk are as high or higher than other sport because of stunting and tumbling. from one day of stunting I hurt my back nose arm and elbow. and we only stunted for and hour. you are retarded if you this cheerleading is not a sport. RETARDED!

u deff. have 2 b in shape 2 do the jumps and flips and you have 2 work your freakin butt off 2...it is a sport because its not a club, or anything like that so I agree w/ softball chick it is an athletic sport and it is very hard...!

I think cheerleading is a real sport me I am a cheerleader my self and doing all those stunts, flips, and tumbles they are not as easy as they look I want you to try to all of the things cheerleaders do and get back to me on how easy or hard it is

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I just want to say that cheerleading is a real sport just say why it is not a real sport just answer back to me

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