Cheerleading "Athletic, but is it a sport?"

Here is an article covering the recent decision from a federal judge that declares that cheerleading is not a sport, albiet very athletic.

Whether you agree with the decision or not, I think that something has been left out of the discussion. The fact that the rules governing cheerleading vary tremendously from middle and high school to division II and III in college and to division I in college should be considered much closer. In the smaller school divisions and in MS and HS, the rules restrict a lot of the stunts that the division I cheerleaders often perform. I think that this needs to be accounted for in the this ruling, and it was not. It makes this decision unfortunate since the cheerleaders who do this extra stunts that require the skills of a gymnast are not accounted for.

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