Cheerleading is a sport?
Cheerleading Must Be Banned! Especially If You’re Carrying a Pocketknife!
If your on the sideline, bouncing around and not paying attention to the game, and the play is called to that side, I can see where it might well be a tad bit dangerous.
That happened to a gal in my high school. EVERYONE thought she flashed them as she twirled and her skirt rose.
She was crying and saying “the underwear is sewn into the outfit, it RODE UP!!!”
The prevalence of head injuries would explain the academic performance of most cheerleaders.
I have to agree. I have bumped my head many a time on the underside of the seats in the stands, and God did not design our necks to turn at a rate of speed any faster than it it takes to watch a tennis match.
I’ve seen near-accidents while watching high school sports... but you know what? It is just life... accidents do happen... we can’t let fear control us... otherwise our ancestors would never have left the caves.
I don’t know if this was considered a “sport” under the scope of the article, but I had always thought Equestrian actually was the most dangerous in terms of # of serious injuries/fatalities.
At least that’s what my Equestrian coaches told me. Maybe he was just trying to make sure I cleared the jumps properly, eh?
ummm.. because it causes STD’s ?
Thank you for posting that picture of the USC Song Girls performing at the Rose Bowl. There are no cheerleaders at USC. Yell Leaders (headed by a Yell King) and Song Girls lead the cheering when the Trojans play.
My niece was in competitive cheerleading for 15 years. She just finished her sophomore year at South Carolina on scholarship as a cheerleader. She has broken both arms, both wrists, and ankle and blew out her PCL in her knee last year. It might not be a “sport” as they don’t keep score. But it sure as hell is incredibly athletic. It has also helped pay her way through school. The days of being bubbly and bouncing up and down on the sidelines are long gone in the upper echelons of cheerleading. They are serious gymnasts and athletes.
The “little one” on top can get hurt if the bases drop her, or if she is not strong and balanced enough to stay up. In addition, the “bases” - the girls on the bottom - get hurt when they get kicked in the face when a flier loses her concentration or strength. Bases can and do get nasty concussions and neck injuries.
In addition, fliers, bases, and spotters all can be injured tumbling across hard basketball floors or on the hard tracks around football fields. Notice these girls are all tumbling with NO MATS.