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Cheerleading Needs a Champion: Three Cheers for George W. Bush
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyOnce a cheerleader, always a cheerleader. Just ask my mom, who proudly cheered on her Rison High School Wildcats for four years. She's always contended that cheerleading was a sport just as much as football or basketball even back in the 1950s, when girls wore long skirts, shook their pompoms, and yelled into a megaphone. Cheerleading has come a long way since the days when cheerleaders were chosen by football players instead of by competitive tryouts. The 2000 "Bring It On" movie -- and its four straight-to-video sequels -- about competing high school cheerleading teams showed that ...
Connecticut Judges Rules Cheerleading Is Not a Sport
By not in system - AOL NewsHARTFORD, Conn. (July 21) -- Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering a Connecticut school to keep its women's volleyball team. ...
Federal Judge Rules Cheerleading Is Not a Sport
By not in system - AOL NewsHARTFORD, Conn. (July 21) -- Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering a Connecticut school to keep its women's volleyball team. Several volleyball players and their coach had sued Quinnipiac University after it announced in March, 2009 that it would eliminate the team for budgetary reasons and replace it with a competitive cheer squad. ...
Is Cheerleading a Contact Sport?
By Matt Snyder - AOL NewsGenerally, I'm not a huge fan of the idea of suing others for accidental injuries in sports. When you decide to take part in such extracurricular activities, you assume a level of risk. It's inherent in many of the games, especially football and wrestling. In order to safeguard against this, Wisconsin law dictates that students may not sue anyone for accidental injuries while participating in "contact" sports. Tuesday, a ruling came down from the Wisconsin Supreme Court that cheerleading was included in this legislation.Previously, the District 4 Court of Appeals had ruled that cheerleading ...
Coming Soon, the Cheerleading Hall of Fame
By mjd - AOL NewsAn organization called "Proformance Sports Marketing and Entertainment" announced plans today to open up an official Cheerleading Hall of Fame. Sounds great, but I wouldn't want to mop the floors there.No, but seriously, that's great news. I'm going to start saving up quarters for the private viewing booths. Said Cindy Villarreal-Hughes, president of PSME and cheerleading guru: "Cheerleading means so much to major sports, and is widely accepted around the world. The timing is ripe for a Hall of Fame." She's right, cheerleading means so much. Without cheerleaders, no one would know when to ...
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