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It's the fall. Which means school's started. Which means football's started. Which means only one thing: Cheerleaders are back on the field/court. If you want to start major drama with some athletic young women sometime, try suggesting to cheerleaders that cheerleading is not a sport. We've seen some increasingly testy conversations online lately, and we've learned that about 99% of cheerleaders are absolutely convinced that what they do should be classified as a "sport." People who weigh in on the other side don't seem to have such passionate conviction about it, but they soon find out that they've opened a family-sized can of trouble just for denying the sport-ness of sideline and competition cheering. But we here at Head to Head love opening up family-sized cans of trouble. So here--without choosing sides, now--we pose the question: Should cheerleading finally be recognized as a sport? Or does it not qualify? Pro: Cheerleading should be a sport. How can you even think anything else? You can understand if cheerleaders get a little defensive about this issue. After all, they have to train and exercise just the way every other athlete has to. In fact, Lauren White of American Internet Cheerleading Magazine claims, "our practices are more intense than many other sports' practices." And, if you've ever actually watched a performance, you know these young women work hard. They're always flipping each other this way and that way, and jumping and falling and catching each other, and climbing up each others' backs--so anyone clinging desperately to the illusion that cheering is easy should just let that go.
Approximate Word count = 964
Approximate Pages = 3.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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