morelanmn Posted July 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 (edited) Just wrestle, I read the information about cheerleading not being a collage sport on The Mat site under Title IX. I tried to look it up for you but they have over 2,100 post and articals on Title IX. IF you want to look its themat.com NCAA said it wasn't a sport not the wrestlers. thanks Michael Morelan Edited July 14, 2003 by morelanmn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finhead1212 Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 I was a cheerleading for two years and a soccer player since i was 3 and i know for a fact that when i go to a practice in a gym with tumbling tracks and competition floors you have to exhibit athletic ability that many football, basketball, and surely, baseball players cannot possibly match up to. I'm a guy and i would always stunt and tumble. Those are the things i liked in cheerleading but when we had to yell on the sidelines that's the part that isn't athletic and not fun for me. Somtimes is an acceptable answer for this question casue there are aspects of cheerleading that make it a sport yet there are many that don't make it a sport. As for the college thing i don't know if it's an offical sprt but it gives very good scholarships so who cares if it's considered a sport or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchsballer Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 Yeah, but this is about wrestling cheerleaders, whos ever seen a mat maid tumble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelanmn Posted July 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 (edited) Finhead, It's very important. The NCAA does "unique" things with the counting of the students in sports. Without cheerleading being a sport it allows collages to give scholarships that are not counted toward Title IX complince. Thus removing sports for men. But the NCAA also doesn't consender any sport to be both for men and women. So if a woman becomes the kicker on a football team she is counted as a man. True this is very rare, but if Cheerleading is counted as a sport that process will make the numbers in Title IX more accurate. Who knows one day the NCAA may count you as a woman athlete. To get back to Cheerleaders for wrestling. Cheerleaders bring people to matches.. more people watching the more people will be exposed to the sport. Michael Morelan Edited July 15, 2003 by morelanmn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustWrestle Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 I don't know. How many more people do you suppose really are coming to a wrestling match because of "cheerleaders"? I don't know, let's guess 50, on the lenient side. Well, that's all fine and dandy. Now the rest of us have to put up with those cheerleaders. They're still there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sd189 Posted August 3, 2003 Report Share Posted August 3, 2003 the Soddy Daisy"Little Sisters" get state wide respect for the stuff they do.They work the state tour. every year as well as the McCallie Inv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustWrestle Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 They Soddy Daisy Little Sisters are well deserved of the respect that they get. They do work their butts off, especially during the State Tournament at Chattanooga. However, they are DIFFERENT from wrestling cheerleaders. This is the group of people that a lot of people have issue with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundancer Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 I agree with portions of each of these posts. We have a growing wrestling program and our cheerleaders & parents have done a great deal of work to help us at all our events. Without their help, I do not believe we would have been as successful as we have been. Our boosters see this group of youth as one team, it's all for one and one for all in our book. I also agree with the issues raised about them being at the matside. Our girls have been asked to move at more than one event each year. For some reason, they do not feel that they can lead the cheers from the stands. When we are at large tournaments I would prefer them to cheer from the stands as a group, than to be running up and down the stands to the floor. There is so much congestion on the floor already. Our girls do know about the sport, they are all taught how to keep score, statistics, run clocks, referee signals, etc. At times when our club has traveled to another tournament, it is not uncommon for our sponsors to be contacted to see if our girls can help out for an hour or so, so their workers can get a lunch break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morelanmn Posted September 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 (edited) Sundancer,, Great post Michael Morelan Edited September 3, 2003 by morelanmn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryvilleRebels Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Sun..seems to me like they are little slaves more or less. They are taught how to do stuff and they make them do this and that. Why do they cheer at all? Does it really help you any? Do you really hear the roar of the crowd, do you really hear the cheers? I know when I play basketball the fans only exsist when I am sitting the bench, shooting a free throw, and after the game. Every other time during the game they are just background noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundancer Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 That's the difference between wrestling & basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustWrestle Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Nope, I disagree with you Sundancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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