Posted on 07/21/2010 2:56:38 PM PDT by Libloather
Federal Judge: Cheerleading Is Not a Sport
Judge Says Calling Cheerleading a Sport Violates Federal Gender-Equality Rules
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
June 21, 2010
A judge in Connecticut has ruled cheerleading is not a sport -- and universities therefore cannot direct money to the activity to meet federal gender-equality regulations.
U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled Wednesday that Quinnipiac University violated the law when it pulled funding from its women's volleyball team to support a competitive cheerleading squad.
"I conclude as a matter of law that Quinnipiac University discriminated on the basis of sex during the 2009-10 academic years by failing to provide equal athletic participation opportunities for women," Underhill wrote in his ruling.
The volleyball team sued the school, claiming that redirecting money intended for women's sports teams to a cheerleading squad violated Title IX, the groundbreaking civil rights legislation that mandates men and women's athletic program receive equal funding.
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You train, you compete. Sounds like a sport to me.
What gets it next? Hot dog eating contests?
Bowling is a sport, but competitive cheerleading is not?
Def not a sport and I don’t care what some say
I've been told I'm a good sport; Can I get university money now?
I would say the same thing about golf.
How about Curling?
Agreed. Fat middle-aged men in khakis and polos driving a cart around is not sport.
after fighting so hard to be a respected sport, this judge crushes it all in the name of title IX.
At the college level, cheer-leading is a sport to the same extent that gymnastics is.
so the women of vollyball attacked the women of cheerleading.
perhaps they did not like the men on the cheer squads...
Golf is an ‘Activity’...
The judge probably based his decision on the movie “Bring It On” and assumed that cheerleading was just street dancing in colorful uniforms.
There is a peer reviewed paper out there that shows the higher injury rate for high school and collegiate cheerleaders due specifically to the lack of funding, lack quality and quantity of support staff, lack of a regulatory body, lack of a NCAA regulatory body, etc as one of the causes of the increased injuries.
This lawsuit was put forth in an attempt to balance some of these problems.
THis ruling has made a total mockery of Title IX, because no matter how you try to justify it, cheerleading is a tougher sport than bowling and archery.
But you don’t have to be a ‘scholar’ to receive a ‘scholarship’.
"I don't see how that is ANY different from organized cheer leading"
And it's basically team gymnastics, to boot -- and last I checked, gymnastics was definitely a sport.
Cheerleaders vs. Volleyball team.
Cat fight in 5, 4, 3 ....
Fat middle-aged men in khakis and polos driving a cart around is not sport.
Try and tell that to the Shriners.
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