Connecticut judge declaring cheerleading not to be a sport. TFM.

  1. JTCS

    As a result of cheerleading being declared not a sport, it doesnt count towards Title IX. Therefore there will be less real men’s sports, NF.

    14 years ago at 9:45 am
    1. KingOfCapital

      No because the ruling was to keep their volleyball team instead of add a “competitive” cheerleading team. So they wont have to get rid of a men’s sport

      14 years ago at 11:41 am
  2. 19th Hole

    I love making sexist jokes as much as the next fraternity man, but let’s be real here – because cheerleading isn’t a sport, cheerleading programs aren’t entitled to the same government funding as activities classified as a sport. This has been demonstrably linked to cause preventable cheerleading injuries and to increase the severity of unavoidable injuries. I think I speak for all fraternity men when I say that I want our slams to be able-bodied and happy so that they can provide more sex and sandwiches.

    14 years ago at 10:21 am
  3. fraterati

    If you read the decision, it was based on the fact that it wasn’t organized, not because it lacks merit as a sport.

    But it lacks merit as a sport, so I support the ends of the argument, not the means.

    14 years ago at 11:37 am
  4. Keynes is a GDI

    Wondering why it’s the government’s job to declare things like this at all?

    14 years ago at 12:54 pm
    1. I Piss Excellence

      Maybe because the government funds public universities, and therefore funds their athletics, so they have a say in what is and isn’t a sport that they have to give money?

      14 years ago at 12:04 am