Cheerleading | Is it a sport?

[lukkadairish]

11. about a month ago

I sat at a local basketball game and I overheard an interesting conversation about this very thing.....one talker (I will leave gender out of it) was very comfortable saying it was a bonafide sport. The other talk er submitted an opinion to the effect that if the cheerleaders wanted to be taken seriously they needed to tone down the glitter eye makeup and stick-ons, the fake weave ponytails, and the heavy lipstick. The first talker countered that gymnasts do the same thing and are not questioned.....the second talker came back and asked #1 how many Olympic gymnasts had a fake ponytail......and so on......its pretty good food for thought. If the hair thing is an attempt to have some kind of uniformity, its a weak attempt at such. The makeup-----all young ladies wear it, but I gotta admit that the rhinestones and glitter are a bit much......then again I have no dog in this fight, and the talkers seemingly did.....