cheerleading is a sport

Have you ever questioned if football is a real sport? Most people will say yes of course football is a sport, but who is the one to say it’s a sport or not? How would you feel if put your heart and soul into a sport and some political official that has never played or perpetrated say it’s not.

Well, this happened to a group in Connecticut, the school in Quinnipiac was told that competitive cheerleading was not an official sport, but what is a definition of the word sport? A sport is, an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature. Some people could say yes, cheerleading is a sport and some say it’s not.

Does anyone really know how cheerleading started? Cheerleading in the United States started in 1898. People started pep clubs and would go to the games and get the players and the fans excited about the game. The first college that had a pep club was University Of Minnesota. At this time it was an all men group, and would be for the next twenty-five years, but as time went on in 1923 the University of Minnesota would introduce the first female cheerleader.

Later in the 1940 most men would no longer be cheerleader. All the men would be off to fight for their country, in World War II. When time went on the woman would have enhance their techniques and skills to improve. In 1948 the United States would have their first cheerleading camp, to also improve the girls’ skills. In 1982 Universal Cheerleading Association would host the first National Cheerleading Championships that was held on ESPN. In 1996 Cheerleaders participated in the opening ceremonies for the XXVI Summer Olympiads, which was held in Atlanta Georgia. That would also introduce the world t...

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...t. For many reasons like anyone can go do a cheer and jump up and down. It doesn’t take any special talent to say “Rah Rah” and “Go Red”. A young child can do the same thing, as that “all-star “cheerleader they can tumble like the other girls.

Also, cheerleading is very sexist even know the first cheerleaders were males now a days they look down upon male cheerleaders. Like its taking away there masculinity. But yet they chose to do those actives. It’s supposed to before for fun.

Works Cited

American Association of Cheerleading Coaches& Administrators (2009)

Cheerleading As a Sport

The Associated Press (2013)

Competitive cheerleading not a sport Connecticut judge rules

Drehs, W. (n.a) ESPN.com

Athletes are Cheerleaders, too

Fox News (2010)

The International Cheer Union (2009)

History of cheerleading