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By Valerie Ninemire, About.com Guide to Cheerleading since 2000

Is Cheerleading a Sport?

Thursday January 15, 2009
Do you consider cheerleading a sport and do you think it really meets the criteria to be one? Why do you think so many people say it's not a sport? Read this article, take our poll and be sure to leave a comment below.

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March 26, 2009 at 4:54 pm
(1) Nesha says:

I say cheerleading is a sport becuz
it take lots of skillz and intelligance
just like any other sport. You have to work hard, suck up all the pain, and never give up. For people who think cheerleading is not a sport they need to try what we do for a living, Try to do a basket toss 360 in the air hoping your bases catch you so you want hit the groundm try doing a round off backhand sprng full. It takes everything to be a cheerleader. We are not just girlz in skimpy small shorts, thinking we are oh so great… NO we are more than that. we are leaders in life. if cheerleading was NOT a sport than why do we get medalsm tropghies and etc.
CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT

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