All-Star Is Cheer So Different?

WorkToWin said:

Not to beat a dead horse, but is cheerleading really all that different than other sports or am I just different? People ask me all the time why I watch cheer videos so much, or why I have cheer music on my iPod. Do any of the other sports go on youtube and watch their favorite teams? Is it that much different than watching college football on saturdays? Because when I try to explain why everyone thinks I'm crazy. Is it strange that I can name a gym from almost every state? Because if I mention a gym from across the country people are like, "oh, so if your not on their team how do you know about them?" When I explain I am called obsessive (which I am, but that's not the point), can't football fans name a team from most states? I totally agree with you!

I guess what I am getting at is this: Why is cheer viewed so differently, and how can I explain it to help people understand. I want to say that there are people who don't consider it a sport therefore they don't see the point in watching or doing anything cheer related. AFAIK elementary and high schools consider cheerleading a sport. I've seen several college's websites where they don't list cheerleading with sports rather than call it something else. As a cheerleader I whole heartedly agree that it is a sport and think that it should be recognized as such whether it's a school team or competitive team! To address your concern about cheerleading explain to them everything cheerleaders actually do.

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JulieP said:

We are different. We're better.

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imrichhowboutu said:

I feel the same way as you do @WorkToWin . Especially when people say something about going to a competition that I'm not competing at.

Why do people go to watch the Yankees play or the Giants. They aren't on either team. They are fans. Every sport has fans. There are some people that can talk to others about the Yankees and rattle off useless facts about so and so from the 80s and what records were set. So why is it an issue that I know every song Stars have danced to or used in the past 10 years? Why does it matter that I know who won worlds in almost every division since the start of the competition?

It doesn't!! Because for every useless fact I know about cheerleading, there are 100 sports fans out there that know twice as many useless facts about their own sports.

People spend 100s of $$ on sports paraphernalia like Shirts, Clothes, Cups, Bumper Stickers, Hats, season tickets etc. I spend way less being a cheerleading fan.

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