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His response to my email!
"Your response to my opinion piece is among the most lucid, if not the most, I have encountered. You are correct all reference to cheer and cheerleading should be removed from the sport.
What it needs is a rebranding campaign.
I am not against allstar cheer. I am against a lack of sanctioning for HS cheer.
I think cheerleading is fine as a sport. But in this state, the High School Association does not sponsor it as a sport. And due to its high injury rate, cheerleaders are not protected from injury in the same way as sanctioned sports.
I recently saw a severe cheer injury at our state basketball tournament, and that cheerleader is 100 percent on her own. If she were a tennis/volley/track athlete, or football player as you say, she would have financial and medial support. That's my beef. Not all of competitive cheer.
If there is going to be competitive cheer representing High Schools, it is my belief they need to sanction it and install safety guidelines, as you refer to. If not, the sport needs to be limited to club cheer where safety regulations are taken seriously and implemented. Otherwise it is reckless, in my opinion.
My wife was a high school cheerleader. My daughters want to be high school cheerleaders as well, but if they want to do it, I will encourage them to join one of our local club cheer teams.
Again, thank you for your response. It speaks well of you that you approached this subject with a reason and logic. You would be surprised at some of the nastiness."
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"Your response to my opinion piece is among the most lucid, if not the most, I have encountered. You are correct all reference to cheer and cheerleading should be removed from the sport.
What it needs is a rebranding campaign.
I am not against allstar cheer. I am against a lack of sanctioning for HS cheer.
I think cheerleading is fine as a sport. But in this state, the High School Association does not sponsor it as a sport. And due to its high injury rate, cheerleaders are not protected from injury in the same way as sanctioned sports.
I recently saw a severe cheer injury at our state basketball tournament, and that cheerleader is 100 percent on her own. If she were a tennis/volley/track athlete, or football player as you say, she would have financial and medial support. That's my beef. Not all of competitive cheer.
If there is going to be competitive cheer representing High Schools, it is my belief they need to sanction it and install safety guidelines, as you refer to. If not, the sport needs to be limited to club cheer where safety regulations are taken seriously and implemented. Otherwise it is reckless, in my opinion.
My wife was a high school cheerleader. My daughters want to be high school cheerleaders as well, but if they want to do it, I will encourage them to join one of our local club cheer teams.
Again, thank you for your response. It speaks well of you that you approached this subject with a reason and logic. You would be surprised at some of the nastiness."
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