Bootquick
A sport is a game in which you compete to get points.
Cheerleading is not a sport.
sport - n -
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.
2.
a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
3.
diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4.
jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5.
mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
This was copied from a dictionary.
Tell me where it says anywhere about getting points.
You're wrong.
Bowling is technically a sport because you're rolling a heavy ball down an isle.
Football is a sport not because of the points, but because of the skill and recreation.
Skateboarding is a sport because it actually takes a LOT to do those tricks.
If those are sports,
then cheerleading is a sport because a lot of times,
you're throwing people who are like, 130lbs? (I don't know, I don't cheer)
But that's not just the hard part.
Imagine you and three other people catching 130lbs with just your arms after they've been flung into the air.
Imagine when they're in the air, they're counting on you to hold them up there and keep them up there.
To be able to do that is pretty impressive to me. (: