<p>No …</p>
<p>The link above isn’t really cheerleading - it’s more dancing to hip hop which is also a pretty subjective thing that doesn’t exactly fit the definition of a sport, so in the link what those kids are doing isn’t even really cheerleading - more like dancing combined with floor gymnastics - but it isn’t “cheerleading” in the sense that most people use the term cheerleading. </p>
<p>According to Webster: cheerleading:
a person who is a member of a group (typically a group of young women) who shout out special songs or chants to encourage the team and entertain the crowd</p>
<p>Is it safe to say “Competitive Cheer” is a sport but cheerleading is an activity?</p>
<p>Competitive cheer seems to be as much a sport as ice skating, running around with the ribbons in gymnastics, or synchronized swimming.</p>
<p>My DD was a four year varsity cheerleader - competitive and sideline. I agree with rhumbob that competivie is a sport, but sideline is an activity. </p>
<p>In our state PE is required, but school districts can give various waivers. Our district would give a one semester PE waiver per year to members of a varsity sport based upon the assumption that if you are in a varsity sport, you spending many hours per week at practice for your sport which should be giving you a good work out. </p>
<p>One year, some administrator got the bright idea that competitive cheer was not a “real” sport, so the PE waiver should not be granted. After it was pointed out that his definition the girls bowling team, comprised of several 200+ pound girls was going to be exempt from PE, but girls who had to do tumbling runs were not – let’s just say he saw the light…</p>
<p>Only if you consider dancing with ribbons and synchronized swimming a sport…which I don’t. I’d feel the same way about ice dancing and some of those other activities these days that are subjective in nature.</p>