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LOL! You're just stirring the pot there! I'm looking forward to all the responses.
Actually, I'm thinking it lacks the kind of standardization in criteria. Judging is so subjective... I know it is in many sports, but there isn't a huge deal of calibration among different competition companies, etc. I guess it has to do with what the definition of a sport is. Maybe that definition can vary widely among individuals and groups. Some may say that if a ball isn't involved, it isn't a sport, but that knocks out gymnastics, swimming, wrestling... People call those sports, but... Is running a sport? I know people go to races, marathons, etc, but is it a sport or just an athletic activity? I don't know. I have more questions than answers. To me, cheerleading is a sport, but that is based on my own definition of what a sport is and not an official definition.
Agreed about registration costs. I realize it takes a lot of resources to host an event, but there should be a certain consideration of the people paying the fees. We don't necessarily need a professional DJ and a swanky venue. Just give us a place to do our thing and some great teams and it'll still be awesome. I know a lot of single moms, etc out there who would love to have their kids in cheer but simply can't afford it. I realize some gyms do scholarships, but not all.I agree with most of these points. Really, the word sport is defined as an athletic activity that can but doesn't have to be competitive. Under that definition even sideline cheer counts as a sport. But comp cheerleaders get no love, or at least the proper love. Which bums me out.
Standardization in judging needs to happen, and companies like varsity and jamzbrands are doing that. There's still room to be subjective but that's how it goes. Its weird how team A and team B can go to one comp and place a, b.. Then go to another comp, hit the same routines and finish b, a.
but that's just the nature of the sport sometimes.
I think competition companies could cool it on registration costs. In most cases that's what drives up tuition costs. And for what? So regionals can be in a big arena? If it made cheer more affordable to more kids, I'd gladly compete in a hs gym that's packed with ppl right up to the competition floor.
I wouldn't say people that don't consider cheerleading are necessarily really mean. We do have things we need to fix as an industry that would help us be more considered as a sport. Like universal scoresheets, coaches certifications, and scoring transparency.According to any dictionary, cheerleading is technically a sport. In fact, cheerleading is basically considered a sport now. There are still some people who look at cheerleading at football or basketball games and say it's not a sport. And some schools only focus on that type of cheerleading, which really isn't a sport. So, the people that don't consider cheerleading a sport either are unaware of competitive cheerleading, really mean, or are colleges who have to make sports equal for women and men and cut out cheerleading as a sport. So basically, our only job is to spread the idea. We need to show people what we really do or they will forever be ignorant to what really happens when we walk out onto the mat. Getting a little structure in our program wouldn't be such a bad idea either. If we had more structure, then it would be easier to get into the olympics, thus showing the world that cheerleading really is a sport.
i agree 100%. whenever i say im a cheerleader, people either mention bring it on, fired up, or the dallas cowboy cheerleaders. no im not like that and really no one else isprob because of the way its advertised ... in movies its always the football players girlfriend the peppy cheerleader who sits on the sidelines and shakes her pom poms and yells go team go... they should make a movie where the girlfriend is an all star cheerleader although you'll prob never see her much because she'll be at practice