Perhaps the biggest effect of the development of NCA was the upbringing of competitive cheerleading. Since hybrid cheer and sideline cheer could not be ruled as a sport, that did not mean competitive cheer did not have a chance. Johnson and Sailors (2013) described competitive cheer as a squad that only competes against other competitive squads in events held by cheer organizations (p.257). Competitive cheer fills the guidelines of obtaining physical activity and a competitive nature against other teams but NCAA still ruled it out. NCAA stated that competitive cheer should be ruled out because it does not have standardized rules and scoring systems. After the National Cheerleading Association was formed, competitive cheerleading became bigger
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Before NCA, it was easy to argue that cheer should not be considered a sport and that if something like cheer was a sport band should be also. It was argued that band also got in certain formations and performed for a crowd in costumes, but after NCA was formed cheerleaders did more than just perform sexy dance routines. Cheerleaders incorporated their difficult stunts and tumbling maneuvers into short routines that took great amounts of energy. Nancy Hogshead-Maker stated that “cheerleading must have the same focus on competition, same criteria for winning/losing, and same head-to-head competition that other sports do to be considered a sport (“Is Cheerleading a Sport, Probably Not,” 2009, para. 3).” After NCA was formed, cheerleaders began to compete against other teams and there would be a clear winner and loser. Multiple teams would go head to head for a national title. Cheerleading started to meet the guidelines that were required to be considered s sport. Although society believed cheerleading only had potential to be run like a sport, they were wrong. Cheerleading began to close the gaps of not being a sport; NCA developed camps, competitions, and even scholarships for hard working
Before NCA, it was easy to argue that cheer should not be considered a sport and that if something like cheer was a sport band should be also. It was argued that band also got in certain formations and performed for a crowd in costumes, but after NCA was formed cheerleaders did more than just perform sexy dance routines. Cheerleaders incorporated their difficult stunts and tumbling maneuvers into short routines that took great amounts of energy. Nancy Hogshead-Maker stated that “cheerleading must have the same focus on competition, same criteria for winning/losing, and same head-to-head competition that other sports do to be considered a sport (“Is Cheerleading a Sport, Probably Not,” 2009, para. 3).” After NCA was formed, cheerleaders began to compete against other teams and there would be a clear winner and loser. Multiple teams would go head to head for a national title. Cheerleading started to meet the guidelines that were required to be considered s sport. Although society believed cheerleading only had potential to be run like a sport, they were wrong. Cheerleading began to close the gaps of not being a sport; NCA developed camps, competitions, and even scholarships for hard working