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The UIL is the sanctioning body for all school sports in Texas. Here is an article that was posted just recently regarding "game day" cheer in Texas. UIL Legislative Council: Texas high school cheerleading may become an official sport | Dallas Morning Newsthank you. So in Texas is sideline cheer the only one that will be considered at sport? If so what will happen to those schools that have competition team only? Will it change their competition season/state championship?
Why do so many articles about cheer always have to begin with some corny, stereotypical line?The UIL is the sanctioning body for all school sports in Texas. Here is an article that was posted just recently regarding "game day" cheer in Texas. UIL Legislative Council: Texas high school cheerleading may become an official sport | Dallas Morning News
You do realize that the sports world is discussing this same issue about safety and contact for kids. Checking is being taken out of the game for kids and most experts say no tackle before 14 years old in football.
Yes... What's your point? Not sure how that would change anything I've said.You do realize that the sports world is discussing this same issue about safety and contact for kids. Checking is being taken out of the game for kids and most experts say no tackle before 14 years old in football.
Most important concept for cheerleaders, coaches, cheer parents, gym owners ect to understand about AMA and AAP statements. They are not settling the "bar room" argument whether cheerleading is a sport. The doctors/medical experts(AMA most respected doctor org in US) are saying that the 'skills' used by cheerleaders 'acrobatics and tumbling' is gymnastics which is a sport. Therefore it requires a sport standard of care when training or supervising, as well as when doctors treat cheerleaders who were injured doing gymnastics.Mostly I don't think you (you being anyone) can argue cheer shouldnt be a sport BUT you should be able to do the death defying skills at a game. The argument breaks down the more it is talked out.
Most important concept for cheerleaders, coaches, cheer parents, gym owners ect to understand about AMA and AAP statements. They are not settling the "bar room" argument whether cheerleading is a sport. The doctors/medical experts(AMA most respected doctor org in US) are saying that the 'skills' used by cheerleaders 'acrobatics and tumbling' is gymnastics which is a sport. Therefore it requires a sport standard of care when training or supervising, as well as when doctors treat cheerleaders who were injured doing gymnastics.
So whether you are doing sideline, or college or all stars or rec league, if you are doing acrobatics or tumbling those skills are a sport with a standard of care established and recognized by the USOC through the Ted Stevens Amateur Sports Act.
Doesn't mean cheer can not exists or is governed by USAG unless they chose to like the NCATA. We can be governed by however we choose.
What it does mean is that you can not increase the risk to cheerleaders by teaching them gymnastics with a lesser standard of care than USAG. Participants are not assuming that because you call it cheerleading instead of acrobatics and tumbling that you are increasing the risk by not providing risk management equal or greater than USAG.
Last sporting events I went to were the Superbowl and LA Lakers games. No acrobatics or tumbling by the cheerleaders and lots of yelling from the crowd.
Last sporting events I went to were the Superbowl and LA Lakers games. No acrobatics or tumbling by the cheerleaders and lots of yelling from the crowd.
Exactly! Sideline cheer isn't going anywhere, it's a part of American culture. Giving new opportunities for females athletes will only grow the industry.Which realistically is where all crowd leading is going.
For the Allstar industry they should be HIGHLY consumed with getting high school cheer to be a sport because of how much training a gym makes teaching HS cheer. Because if that goes away there isn't much to replace that gap in money. For crowd leading uniforms would still be important so I'm not sure uniform companies would suffer.
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Exactly! Sideline cheer isn't going anywhere, it's a part of American culture. Giving new opportunities for females athletes will only grow the industry.