Sports Story: Cheerleading Officially Isn’t a Sport

July 28th, 2010  •   Posted by: Mark Sabb  •   Posted in: Sports Story  •   Comment

Call it sexist if you want, but Cheering isn’t running, balling, or skating, thus not a sport. Therefore, don’t look for it at any Olympic competitions soon. As to why not? (As if it wasn’t self-explanatory.) Check the judge:

Cheerleading certainly requires more athletic skill than bowling or lawn darts or sports writing, but that wasn’t enough to persuade Judge Stefan Underhill…I don’t think Underhill’s ruling went far enough. He said cheerleading is too “underdeveloped and disorganized to be treated as offering genuine varsity athletic competition.” I’ll do a fully extended double hitch with a sweep dismount to that.

pic and info: FH

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