Cheerleading, what is it? Is it a sport or an activity? Cheerleading is not always recognized as a sport but it should be. Now what’s the difference between cheerleading and football? What makes football a sport but not cheerleading in some states and to some people? Cheerleading is a sport and can be a very dangerous one.
Bottom line, cheerleading is a sport. It is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. For example, if you are not properly taught how to do a low, high or a liberty you could drop the flyer and she could seriously hurt herself. You always have to have spotters around the stunt just in case something goes wrong. Now how is that not dangerous? People say that football is more dangerous than cheerleading because guys are plowing into other players to try and hold them off. They can get hit too many times and develop some mental illnesses but it is not the only dangerous sport out there.
Football players have all this padding and helmets to try a decrease the power of the impact. But what about cheerleaders? They have no padding or helmets or anything of the sort to decrease the impact. Their only protection is the other girls that are spotting them. All the cheerleaders have for a little impact support would be the mats at competitions and during practice. But they don’t bring the mats out on the floor during games to do stunts; they do those on wood or concrete floors. If they have a flyer fall without being caught they could seriously injure themselves.
Cheerleading is a sport, not an activity. There are national competitions and state competitions to compete against the best squad. Football has a competition too. So what’s the difference between these two sports? They both sound equally as dangerous. Cheerleading is a sport. It’s just as dangerous, time consuming, and sport worthy as the other. It should be recognized as a sport everywhere.
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