it's the law: cheerleading is NOT a sport

[bfdd]

Cheerleading is 10 times the sport that soccer is.

not any more it isn't.

 

[DrPizza]

Competitive cheerleading is a sport. Sure.

Cheerleading where they just jump around, waving pom-poms, and getting everyone to repeat some dumb chant where they spell a teams name letter by letter - not a sport.

 

[TheVrolok]

Competitive cheerleading is a sport. Sure.

Cheerleading where they just jump around, waving pom-poms, and getting everyone to repeat some dumb chant where they spell a teams name letter by letter - not a sport.

This. I think when competitive cheerleading becomes more ubiquitous and organized it may become classified as a sport, but until that day .. it simply isn't.

 

[shortylickens]

slow news day I suppose

No.
Its Fox News.

Which is so awesome that almost all of my college teachers have forbidden me to use them for anything.

 

[OCGuy]

Nope, it's typical fox news craps.

No.
Its Fox News.

Which is so awesome that almost all of my college teachers have forbidden me to use them for anything.

Fail.

Might want to click that link one more time.

And the reason your college teachers don't like them should be obvious. Then again noting the source for an article shouldn't be tough either.

 

[alexjohnson16]

Yet no one notices that it's an AP article posted on Fox's site. I wonder if all the other outlets that picked it up are getting the same treatment.

 

[Kanalua]

FTA: "It's about the spirit of the law and it's about providing real opportunities for women..."

Then why does Title IX compliance mean a school can cut it male athletic programs until there are equal amounts of women athletes and male athletes?

 

[ShawnD1]

Cheerleading is 10 times the sport that soccer is.

homosexual cheerleader spotted

How about this: sport is something where there is a clearly defined winner and loser. In Basketball, the team with most points wins. In racing, the first car across the line wins. Things like cheerleading and figure skating are total bullshit because the winner is decided by a bunch of bribed judges.

 

[WelshBloke]

homosexual cheerleader spotted

How about this: sport is something where there is a clearly defined winner and loser. In Basketball, the team with most points wins. In racing, the first car across the line wins. Things like cheerleading and figure skating are total bullshit because the winner is decided by a bunch of bribed judges.

Then boxing isnt a sport.

 

[GoSharks]

How about this: sport is something where there is a clearly defined winner and loser. In Basketball, the team with most points wins. In racing, the first car across the line wins. Things like cheerleading and figure skating are total bullshit because the winner is decided by a bunch of bribed judges.

Biking isn't a sport, but bike racing is?

 

[l0cke]

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...tact-sport-say-wisconsin-court_100384871.html
‘Cheerleading A Contact Sport’ - Say Wisconsin Court
June 23rd, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work ( Comments )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhmBSt3bv-A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hbrwcp8eQs&feature=channel

Am I the only one who gets no sound on either of these videos? I even downloaded one to make sure. :thumbsdown:

 

[Vette73]

I'm betting one court has higher authority on deciding the manner than the other though.

Its not about higher as much as it is totally different cases.

1 is over funding and equal treatment the other over weather they can sue. The problem is people take 1 line and try to tie them together, kinda like Fox reporting about that evil "racist" Sherrod without doing any real reporting.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

Lol fishing and hunting there... Let's also include watching TV and drinking beer! They require as much physical prowess as gaming, and far less skill. Even racing and golf require more physical prowess

 

[dfuze]

They certainly put a ton of work into their routines

Besides, they televise on ESPN, so it must be a sport!!

 

[ShawnD1]

Then boxing isnt a sport.

Yeah, someone being knocked unconscious leaves all these questions in the air as to who won the fight

 

[moshquerade]

Bad news for some schools. Now they'll have to give additional funding to female sports that don't pay for themselves.

Yeh, isn't it awful that they have to spend equally on male and female sports?

 

[sourceninja]

Yeah, someone being knocked unconscious leaves all these questions in the air as to who won the fight

Most boxing matches end with 3 under-qualfied people deciding who the victor was.

 

[ShawnD1]

Most boxing matches end with 3 under-qualfied people deciding who the victor was.

Hmm good point. Maybe it needs to be a bit more ultimate. Keep it going until someone gets knocked down or someone calls it quits.

 

[Vette73]

Hmm good point. Maybe it needs to be a bit more ultimate. Keep it going until someone gets knocked down or someone calls it quits.

I think some did that in older days of boxing. But it turned out many kept going till someone got really injuried or died from head injury.

 

[ShawnD1]

I think some did that in older days of boxing. But it turned out many kept going till someone got really injuried or died from head injury.

It seems to work pretty good in UFC though. Guy gets a hardcore choke hold, realizes he's in trouble, taps out.

If boxers can't figure this out, that's not my problem

 

[0roo0roo]

Yeh, isn't it awful that they have to spend equally on male and female sports?

When demand is unequal, and the fact is some male sports pay for themselves and the others as well, its not at all an equal situation, in many cases the demand for the "equal" sport is so low they have basically no standards. its a big joke.

 

[Vette73]

It seems to work pretty good in UFC though. Guy gets a hardcore choke hold, realizes he's in trouble, taps out.

If boxers can't figure this out, that's not my problem

BIG Differance between brain injury and being choked. Some boxers even after just half a dozen rounds can;t even remember their name, let alone know they are in trouble.

UFC has the advantage that most don;t sit there and try to hit each other in the head. They have other options and are allowed to kick as well.

 

[Anubis]

Yeh, isn't it awful that they have to spend equally on male and female sports?

its awful when they do it for the sake of title 9 alone.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I'm no authority, but I've always kind of associated the word sport with an activity that allows you to stop your opponent from scoring.

Plus maybe golf.

Look at martial arts. In sparring you can keep your opponent from scoring, but since I've done martial arts it automaticly disqualifies it as a sport.

 

[moshquerade]

When demand is unequal, and the fact is some male sports pay for themselves and the others as well, its not at all an equal situation, in many cases the demand for the "equal" sport is so low they have basically no standards. its a big joke.

Although not without some issues, an equalizing mechanism was necessary to ensure women have equal opportunity.