http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Cheerleader

 

Cheerleading is not just a bunch of popular girls jumping around. It is a real sport. It requires gymnastics, weight lifting, jumps, running, core strength, and stunting. It is a national sport, and only athletes can cheer competitively.

When cheering at a football game, are they winning? Losing? Who are they playing? It's a sideshow to an actual sports game. And holding competitions doesn't make it a sport. I can have a lawn mowing competition in my backyard - that doesn't make it a sport.

 

LOL at anyone who thinks cheerleading is a sport.

Edited April 2, 200719 yr by IlliniKrush

If cheerleading is a sport so is professional wrestling.

Cheerleading isnt a sport, thats like saying being a fan is a sport.

 

Both cheer, same thing, case closed.

Sorry but I just had to. From the Denver Broncos cheerleading auditions;

 

This thread made me think of the movie American Beauty.

If golf and nascar are considered big-time sports, then sure, why not...

I don't consider anything with subjective scoring a sport (before someone says it, boxing at least has knockouts)...

Sorry but I just had to. From the Denver Broncos cheerleading auditions;

 

 

Are you for real?

 

I'm sorry, but Cheerleading is definitely a sport. Not all teams are like this, but the competitive ones practice 11 months/year and are in as good of shape as football players. They runs miles a day, work out, and practice for hours. It's more time consuming than a lot of other sports out there. Plus, those dude cheerleaders are rediculously strong. When you can hold a 90-100 lb girl over your head with one hand for about 15 seconds or so... that's strong.

So your criteria:

 

Lots of practicing

In "shape"

Time consuming

Strong

 

Seriously?

I am going to refer to the god of comedians everywhere, George Carlin, on this one

 

http://www.boredatuni.com/stuff.php?stuffId=11

 

GEORGE CARLIN AND SPORTS

To my way of thinking there are really only three sports: baseball, basketball, and football. Everything else is either a game or an activity.

 

Hockey comes to mind. People think hockey is a sport. It's not. Hockey is three activities taking place at the same time: ice skating, fooling around with a puck, and beating the s*** out of somebody. If these guys had more brains then teeth, they'd do these things one at a time. First go ice-skating, then fool around with a puck, then you go to the bar and beat the s*** out of somebody. The day would last longer, and these guys would have a lot more fun. Another reason why hockey isn't a sport is that it's not played with a ball. Anything not played with a ball can't be a sport. These are my rules, I make 'em up.

 

Soccer. Soccer is not a sport because you can't use your arms. Anything where you can't use your arms can't be a sport. Tap dancing isn't a sport. I rest my case.

 

Running. People think running is a sport. Running isn't a sport because anybody can do it. I can run, you can run. For Christ sakes, my mother can run! You don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated, do you?

 

Swimming. Swimming isn't a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense. Sailing isn't a sport. Sailing is a way to get somewhere. Riding the bus isn't a sport, why the f*** should sailing be a sport?

 

Boxing is not a sport either. Boxing is a way to beat the s*** out of somebody. In that respect, boxing is actually a more sophisticated way of hockey. In spite of what the police tell you, beating the s*** out of somebody is not a sport. When police brutality becomes an Olympic event, fine, then boxing can be a sport.

 

Bowling. Bowling isn't a sport because you have to rent shoes. Don't forget, these are my rules. I make 'em up.

 

Billiards. Some people think billiards is a sport, but it can't be, because there's no chance of serious injury. Unless, of course, you welch on a bet in a tough neighborhood. Then, if you wind up with a pool cue stickin' out of your ass, you know you might be the victim of a sports-related injury. But that ain't billiards, that's pool, and that starts with a P, and that rhymes with D, and that brings me to darts.

 

Darts could have been a sport, because at least there's a chance to put someone's eye out. But, alas, darts will never be a sport, because the whole object of the game is to reach zero, which goes against all sports logic.

 

Lacrosse is not a sport; lacrosse is a f**goty college activity. I don't care how rough it is, anytime you're running around a field, waving a stick with a little net on the end of it, you're engaged in a f**goty college activity. Period.

 

Field hockey and fencing. Same thing. f**goty college s***. Also these activities aren't sports, because you can't gamble on them. Anything you can't gamble on can't be a sport. When was the last time you made a f***in' fencing bet?

 

Gymnastics is not a sport because Romanians are good at it. It took me a long time to come up with that rule, but goddammit, I did it.

 

Polo isn't a sport. Polo is golf on horseback. Without holes. It's a great concept, but not a sport. And as far as water polo is concerned, I hesitate to even mention it, because it's extremely cruel to horses.

 

Which brings me to hunting. You think hunting is a sport? Ask the deer. The only good thing about hunting is the many fatal accidents on the weekends. And, of course, the permanently disfigured hunters who survive such accidents.

 

Then you have tennis. Tennis is very trendy and very fruity, but it's not a sport. It's just a way to meet other trendy fruits. Technically, tennis is an advanced form a Ping-Pong. In fact, tennis is Ping-Pong played while standing on the table. Great concept, not a sport.

 

In fact, all racket games are nothing more the derivatives of Ping-Pong. Even volleyball is, technically, racketless, team Ping-Pong played with an inflated ball and raised net while standing on the table.

 

And finally welcome to golf. For my full take on golf, I refer you elsewhere in the book, but let it just be said golf is a game that might possibly be fun, if it could be played alone. But it's the vacuous, striving, superficial, male-bonding joiners one has to associate with that makes it such a repulsive pastime. And it is decidedly not a sport. Period.

 

From George Carlin's book Napalm and Silly Putty

I don't consider anything with subjective scoring a sport (before someone says it, boxing at least has knockouts)...

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this is usually how i think of it.

Without head to head competition, you're missing one of the biggest aspects of the "big" sports.

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this is usually how i think of it.

Without head to head competition, you're missing one of the biggest aspects of the "big" sports.

Exactly. I dont think anything can be a sport when the teams competing dont have to be in the same place to do it. I think what one team does should effect the other team.