Cheerleading is among one of the fastest growing women’s sports according to the New York Times post, yet more than half of the American population doesn’t believe that it should be considered a sport. College cheerleading should be considered a Title IX sport because of how many injuries it has caused many young women. Title IX is no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. There have been many women AND men who have been paralyzed, injured, etc. due to the dedication and love they have for cheer. While they are practicing 8-9 hours a day, continuously
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Yes, it should be considered a sport for the many reasons. For one, I have done cheerleading for about four years and during those four years I have been seriously injured numerous times. From cracked ribs, to injuring my back and causing me to have problems for the rest of my life. Cheerleading is very dangerous if you’re not careful. Also, the difficulty level rises when you don 't have the proper equipment and coaches when people do not consider it a sport, so cheerleading doesn 't get the money to pay for the high tech safety equipment that we need. It’s known that if cheerleading was indeed considered a sport there would be less injuries because of the better equipment they would be using. Many arguments go across America on whether cheerleading should be considered a sport or not. You can search the web and find a variety of different websites on whether cheer is considered a sport or not and why. Since cheerleaders in high school are not considered a sport, they do not get the proper coaching techniques that they should have. The girls come together and plan everything themselves. The “coach” is basically just a random teacher who wants to make a little extra money on the side. This also can cause injuries when coaches have no idea what to do when a cheerleader gets hurt, or what about the “entertainment” part. Teachers as coaches would want to make everything so uptight and strict to where it wouldn 't be any fun to
Yes, it should be considered a sport for the many reasons. For one, I have done cheerleading for about four years and during those four years I have been seriously injured numerous times. From cracked ribs, to injuring my back and causing me to have problems for the rest of my life. Cheerleading is very dangerous if you’re not careful. Also, the difficulty level rises when you don 't have the proper equipment and coaches when people do not consider it a sport, so cheerleading doesn 't get the money to pay for the high tech safety equipment that we need. It’s known that if cheerleading was indeed considered a sport there would be less injuries because of the better equipment they would be using. Many arguments go across America on whether cheerleading should be considered a sport or not. You can search the web and find a variety of different websites on whether cheer is considered a sport or not and why. Since cheerleaders in high school are not considered a sport, they do not get the proper coaching techniques that they should have. The girls come together and plan everything themselves. The “coach” is basically just a random teacher who wants to make a little extra money on the side. This also can cause injuries when coaches have no idea what to do when a cheerleader gets hurt, or what about the “entertainment” part. Teachers as coaches would want to make everything so uptight and strict to where it wouldn 't be any fun to