Laila Durham English 9B Ms. Sofich April 16th 2024 Is cheering a sport? Many studies have found that cheerleading accounted for 70.5% of all female catastrophic sports injuries in high schools. In 2016, the International Olympic Committee designated cheer leading as a sport, although many people still believe cheer isn’t a sport. However, many states and committees have stated that cheer is a sport, including California, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Virginia, have all passed laws classifying high school cheer leading as a sport. Many people believe cheer is not a sport because you don't have competition between opponents. It's true that some types of cheer don't have opponents. However,
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This is stated in procon.org. “Cheer is now a competitive, physically demanding sport with athletes who also perform service to other sports, their schools, and the community. Cheerleaders should be respected as athletes, not denigrated, for caring about more than simply their sport.” Cheer should be considered a sport because many states and places have marked it as a sport “The California High Schools Expanding Equality Respect and Safety Act (CHEERS), for example, went into effect on July 1, 2017. The law states competitive cheer leading is a sport and mandates that “coaches for competitive cheer must satisfy the same health and safety training standards as those who coach all other interscholastic athletics, including the completion of concussion, first aid and CPR courses.” (“Cheer leading - Top 3 Pros and Cons”) “Cheerleaders train just like other athletes. As Prairie View A&M University cheekily explains: “Athletes lift weights. Cheerleaders lift athletes!” But, cheerleaders also lift weights to ensure they are strong enough to toss, catch, and support other cheerleaders, not to mention the strength needed to get through an intense
This is stated in procon.org. “Cheer is now a competitive, physically demanding sport with athletes who also perform service to other sports, their schools, and the community. Cheerleaders should be respected as athletes, not denigrated, for caring about more than simply their sport.” Cheer should be considered a sport because many states and places have marked it as a sport “The California High Schools Expanding Equality Respect and Safety Act (CHEERS), for example, went into effect on July 1, 2017. The law states competitive cheer leading is a sport and mandates that “coaches for competitive cheer must satisfy the same health and safety training standards as those who coach all other interscholastic athletics, including the completion of concussion, first aid and CPR courses.” (“Cheer leading - Top 3 Pros and Cons”) “Cheerleaders train just like other athletes. As Prairie View A&M University cheekily explains: “Athletes lift weights. Cheerleaders lift athletes!” But, cheerleaders also lift weights to ensure they are strong enough to toss, catch, and support other cheerleaders, not to mention the strength needed to get through an intense