it's the law: cheerleading is NOT a sport

[weflyhigh]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/21/federal-court-rules-cheerleading-sport/?test=latestnews

 

[Gothgar]

slow news day I suppose

 

[bfdd]

ha that'll show those queers for prancing around with those girls.

 

[Chaotic42]

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.

 

[adairusmc]

It needs to be considered a sport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOK3eyq5F0&feature=fvsr

 

[Balt]

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

 

[GoSharks]

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.

This is going to drag the entire thread OT, but that is a horrible definition of sport. Look at running, skiing, etc. Those are for sure sports and there is no scoring involved.

 

[xanis]

I'm just going to leave this here...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sport

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.

 

[destrekor]

This is going to drag the entire thread OT, but that is a horrible definition of sport. Look at running, skiing, etc. Those are for sure sports and there is no scoring involved.

Well you are trying to make sure they don't have a better score than you, and thus, you strive to have a better score at the end of the competition.
The score, in those cases, is time.

 

[0roo0roo]

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

 

[Perknose]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sport

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.

Competitive nature? Hunting? Just when do the deer get to shoot back at us? :awe:

 

[TankGuys]

I always look at a sport as something where the two competitors/teams directly affect one another's "score". So basketball is a sport, for example, because there's defense involved, and the offense has to score in spite of the efforts of the other team.

I think of things like cheerleading, gymnastics, swimming, and the like, as competitions - not a "sport". There's competition involved, but it's not a direct competition in the same way as a sport would be.

It's purely semantics though, many "competitions" require just as much athletic talent and hard work as "sports" - it's just my way of classifying them.

 

[Capt Caveman]

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.

So track, cycling, swimming, etc aren't sports?

Competitive cheerleading is a sport imho. Not much different than gymnastics.

I always look at a sport as something where the two competitors/teams directly affect one another's "score". So basketball is a sport, for example, because there's defense involved, and the offense has to score in spite of the efforts of the other team.

I think of things like cheerleading, gymnastics, swimming, and the like, as competitions - not a "sport". There's competition involved, but it's not a direct competition in the same way as a sport would be.

It's purely semantics though, many "competitions" require just as much athletic talent and hard work as "sports" - it's just my way of classifying them.

So, the original Olympics wouldn't be considered a sports competition?

 

[0roo0roo]

more fundamentally the problem is with the inflexible nature of title ix. its a joke that needs to be fixed.

 

[Babbles]

Title IX is going to be screwed.

 

[bfdd]

Sport:
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. EXCEPT CHEERLEADING HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I fixed the definition of a sport.

 

[Born2bwire]

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.

You're just playing the wrong kind of golf.

 

[bfdd]

You're just playing the wrong kind of golf.

We bring cold brews and make sure everyone else is drinking more than we are. It's called defense.

 

[Perknose]

I think of things like cheerleading, gymnastics, swimming, and the like, as competitions - not a "sport". There's competition involved, but it's not a direct competition in the same way as a sport would be.

Swimming? No direct competition?

Get your head out of your ass and your fat fucking Doritos smeared fingers off of your TV sports remote, TG! :awe:

There is no more DIRECT competition than trying to finish ahead of the guy in the lane right next to you while he's trying his damdest to finish ahead of you, champ.

Semantics. You fail. Hard. Now bend over for my penalty kick.

Unlike baseball or football or soccer or, say, tag-team ultimate knob-slobbing, where, at any one time many of the particpants are only peripherally involved, in competitive swimming, as in track, EACH participant is DIRECTLY involved from start to effing finish (relays aside)!

 

[Nintendesert]

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

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

 

[slayer202]

go watch the penn and teller bullshit episode and I guarantee you will agree that they need to classify it as a sport

 

[ahenkel]

go watch the penn and teller bullshit episode and I guarantee you will agree that they need to classify it as a sport

Agreed

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Cheerleading is 10 times the sport that soccer is.

 

[Ms. DICKINSON]

slow news day I suppose

Nope, it's typical fox news craps.

 

[alexjohnson16]

Cheerleading is 10 times the sport that soccer is.

lol