why do people not consider cheerleading as a sport?
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Cheerleading is very well a sport..i am a cheerleader and have been one for 2 years....i love chearleading because you get to go to all of the games and you get to have fun with your friends and cheer the boyz on...but then again i absolutely hate it....becuase you dont get anything in return....we sit here practicing and remembering cheers chants and dances....and we dont even get a thankyou or "you guys looked great out ther" we also spend our time painting signs, decorating locker rooms, decorating the football feild, and just trying our hardest to please those who say we are idiots.....hop i helped....
757478
The dedication required to be a cheerleader for a professional sports team is similiar to what is required of athletes.\nThe endless hours of training, learning the moves, practice and the physical stamina to keep it up for hours at a time are all very difficult.\nI'm not sure it is a true sport, but it is tough.\nGymnastics is even tougher, I do consider it a sport, even if I'm not interested in it. Kinda like soccer...
637210
I've been a dancer all of my life and have been asked this question many times...  I don't know that I would call it a sport.  When I think of a sport I think of someone winning something.  While, yes, there are dance competitions, I think that they are worthless.\nI think that dance is something that is extremely athletic to the point that it is a sport just minus the competiveness.  If you asked anyone off the street to do a combination of dance steps, there is no way they would be able to do it.  If a basketball player was asked to do some dance steps, they'd be unable to do it.  Dancers are athletes for sure.  Whether dance is a sport or not is something different.  I guess if they can call cheerleading a sport, dance is a sport too.  You know, "Cheerleaders are dancers gone retarded!"
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I play sports and like sports in general so I find it to be a fun extra outlet for competition. \n\nThere are those that don't like it at all and it is not for everyone.\n\nLike some things, you should try it to see if you like it and not just base your decision totally off of the opinions of others.
461639
cause they are stupid!!!! and they probably have never been in cheer and seen all the hard work that cheerleaders  put into cheerleading\npeace&&love♥\nOCwahine
562129
I've said this before and I'll say it again...\n\nDefinitely. The word sport is defined as "Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively." Cheerleading is just that.
100003
I'm going to say no.  Just because it is difficult and physical does not mean it is a sport.
28914
I consider it a sport because it is physical and requires some amount of skill.\n\nPETA typically over-exaggerates everything.  For instance, throwing maggots on people who buy fur coats and accusing anyone who sells meat of murder.
121820
I'm not really into sports, myself. For some, it's probably just a competetive spirit. Pick a team, root for them. It gives one something to get excited about. In many cases, I also feel that some people (particularly those who get the craziest over sports) are pretty pathetic, and that the concept of ever being extremely proud of something they've done themselves is a lost cause. So they create a substitute, in a sports team, and attach their pride to it. It's ridiculous, but hey, they need something to be excited about, and it sure as hell isn't going to be anything in their lives.
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I think it should be considered as a sport, for you at least. You actually take it seriously. I hate it when people give cheerleaders a bad name... even though I am not a cheerleader. For example, the other day someone asked: I need cheers for "cheer litting"\nYeah.... so I think that's great that you were nominated for that!
703250
because most people dont think paintball is a sport but more of an activity
632333
**** ALL OF YOU WHO SAY ITS NOT A SPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im not a slut and nethier are most of my teamates we bust our butts harder than most people that are in sports my age and you havent even seen how bad you can hurt yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nCompetition is DEFINATLY a sport its acctually the most deadly one and you can only do it through high school (in a gym) or college! I half agree with the first answer if u are a little football cheerleader and ur not very good than it's not really a sport but if its 4 ur school u had to be good 2 make it (unless ur team suks then its not a sport)
573227
Oh that's normal for those who follow sports they can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to watch and cheer. But there are more that don't watch, than watch, which is truism for most events.\nI for one, couldn't care less about it.
329130
Cheerleading is not a sport...it is an activity\n\nbecause there is no cler way to find a winner, just like figure skating or gymnastics shouldn't be considered sports either. A sport is something where a winner can be clearly identified, for example basketball, soccer, or hockey the team with the highest score wins. Or in track and field the person who runs the fastest of throws the furthest wins. However in things like cheerleading judges decide what is better, and some people may agree with or the decision and some not, whereas in a race the person who wins, wins as simple as that.\n\nExpense has nothing to do with it, people who play music have to spend money to but they don't play a sport.\n\nAs for the comment regarding competition cheerleading, in team sports if a player messes up it can cost the whole team, thats why its a team sport. But cheerleading is a team activity. In these competitions, how is the winner determined? by who makes the higher pyramid? no its based on the judges OPINION. \n\nAs for working hard, I'm sure some cheerleaders do work hard at it and it is hard work, but so is gardening, and construction work and you can't call those sports.\n\nLet me say I have nothing against cheerleading but for the above reasons I believe it is not a sport.
424472
No, sport is a direct competition of fastest, strongest, and other physical activities. Not who can lie the best, not who looks the prettiest as in other sports. Sport should have to be something that you sweat for.
1097012
It is a physical activity played to a set of rules - that is the gist of the definition I found answering a previous question.\n\nThis means that pretty much anything from athletics to beer-chugging can be considered a sport.\n\nIf you want to get historical then it should conform to the Olympian ideas of running, throwing and fighting ... or "American football" :-)
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Actually studies show that cheerleaders are around the top of the list in being the most athletic in all sports. You have to be able to hold the weight of up to your 3rd to 4th lightest person in your group. Run, jump and bend. Therefore you are working Cardio, flexability and muscle fitness and all to a beat when many have no rhythm.\n\nMy webster pocket definition of sport is athletic game,      fun or play. It says nothing of competition.\n\nSo to answer your question Yes.\n\nAnd no I was not a cheerleader. I just like clearing misconceptions