Cheerleading is a sport
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We have all heard the opinion that cheerleading is not a sport. The fact that they don't tackle their opponents to the ground for a ball does not mean that they are not athletes. I believe cheerleading is a sport because they work just as hard as "real athletes" work. Practices are just as intense and competitions are even more intense then a basketball game or football game.
Part of being on a cheerleading squad is appreciating and cheering on fellow athletes. The same athletes that insult the sport. What is it that qualifies an activity to be a sport? Is it the ball? No, wrestling is a sport and it doesn't contain a ball. Is it the sweat?..