Cheerleading is a leading cause of catastrophic injury in female athletes at the high school and college level, Dr. Samantha Rosman, a Boston-area pediatrician, told AMA delegates during floor debate before the vote. “These girls are flipping 10, 20 feet in the air,” Rosman said.
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(Associated Press) Four years ago, a federal judge ruled that competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, the Associated Press reported at the time. In 2012, a federal appeals court affirmed that ruling.
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The presentation of cheerleading as a sport to a global audience was led by the 1997 start of broadcasts of cheerleading competition by ESPN International and the worldwide release of the 2000 film Bring It On.
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Cheerleading Goes On Trial. Future “emerging sport” for NCAA, collegiate. teams that are members of the National Collegiate. Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) that. compete only in skill sets of acrobatics, tumbling, pyramids and a 2.5 minute team routine.
http://www.nationalcheersafety.com/cheerisasport.pdf
Acrobatics & Tumbling. Sideline cheerleading team that in addition to jumps, motions and dance, they do acrobatics and tumble; they may or may not compete with a primary goal of. supporting other teams and being an ambassador for. their school or recreational teams, and being an ambassador for their school team. Not a Title IX sport.
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During the early 1980s, cheerleading squads not associated with a school or sports leagues, whose main objective was competition, began to emerge. The first organization to call themselves all-stars and go to competitions were the Q94 Rockers from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1982.
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Meets the definition of a sport. Traditional Sideline cheerleading team that does. not do acrobatics or tumble, may or may not. compete with a primary goal of supporting other. or recreational team. Is not a sport.
http://www.nationalcheersafety.com/cheerisasport.pdf
Cheerleading is very closely associated with American football and basketball. Sports such as association football (soccer), ice hockey, volleyball, baseball, and wrestling will sometimes sponsor cheerleading squads.
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National Cheerleading Championships (NCC): The NCC is the annual IFC-sanctioned national cheerleading competition in Indonesia organised by the Indonesian Cheerleading Community (ICC). Since NCC 2010, the event is now open to international competition, representing a significant step forward for the ICC.
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Cheerleading World Championships (CWC): Organised by the IFC. The IFC is a non-profit organisation founded in 1998 and based in Tokyo, Japan. The CWC has been held every two years since 2001, and to date, the competition has been held in Japan, the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, and Hong Kong.
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is cheerleading a sport
No, cheerleading is not a sport.