[PvilleCheerAlum]

im glad that everyone had something to say on the matter. I completely agree that people get on here that have no idea what they are talking about and just run their mouth to be able to see their own post. hehe.

Its good that people can get on here and talk about cheerleading because it IS a very controversial sport. New rules are being made everyday. Not to improve cheerleading relations, like making small, medium, and large based on school size instead of how many people you have to put out on the floor. These rules are made everytime you see a high school cheerleader on the national news who fell out of a stunt and broke something, or landed on her head tumbling. This is not because of the sport of cheerleading. It is because of bad trainers/coaches who think coaching cheerleading would be easy and just sign up to do it for fun. These are the kinds of regulations that need to be made. Not regulations limiting what kind of stunts can be done, or tumbling that can be thrown.

Cheerleading is going through the same scrutiny that all womens sports have come across throughout history. Womens basketball and other predominant womens sports have had the same response to people thinking that girls shouldnt be allowed to participate in strenuous activity. Cheerleading did start out as a means of support for the mens teams. It has evolved.

Cheering for basketball games and football games are extemely miserable to me. Most of the time the crowd has no desire to cheer along. In high school, these games are a social event most of the times. Cheerleading doesnt become fun for the cheerleaders unless they have a good fan section.

So to all you fans and spectators out there, give the cheerleaders a break. Cheer along with them and clap when they leave the floor after a cheer. These girls work very hard to be there for their teams, but they can only do so much.