- Mar 22, 2013
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Exactly. That makes me sick. And then the general public is all, "let's get rid of cheerleading, it's useless!" yet when their little football players get concussions they're worried and want football to be made safer (even if their kid never played football).
Yes, cheerleading is potentially dangerous (like all sports) but the most dangerous thing here is YOUR APATHY, AMERICA. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. THE DOCTORS THAT DON'T TAKE US SERIOUSLY (huge thanks to the ones that do), THE LAWMAKERS THAT HAVE NO IDEA THAT CHEER HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. THE LAY PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT CHEER IS EASY. THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WORTHLESS AND UNDESERVING OF THE NECESSITIES THAT OTHER TEAMS HAVE HANDED TO THEM. THE COACHES THAT DON'T HAVE CERTIFICATION OR COMMON SENSE (even some certified coaches fail to use that).
Have any of you heard the claim that if you go to the doctor with a cheer injury, you have to lie and say that you're a gymnast or else they won't take your injury seriously? SAD!
So many people in my school (including teachers and some of the administration) take cheerleading as such a joke but the reality is that you actually have to be good to be on varsity. The JV team has juniors at my school and the Varsity team has a considerable amount of freshman.
My doctor took my injuries very seriously and I actually had knee surgery due to cheer. The nurses were confused about how many times I could dislocated my kneecap due to cheerleading(this isn't rah rah shake your poms on the sidelines ladies). There was so much physical therapy and they took me seriously as well. I have had so many head injuries that go unnoticed because its "just a hit head and it happens all the time."
It is such a disgrace that we don't even require properly trained coaches in some states or athletic trainers to cheerleaders because many of us are considerably more athletic than our peers and sustain many more critical injuries.
I just had to add to your rant!