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As much as I love to cheer, I don't feel that this sport should be a part of the Olympics. The Olympics is judged in a way that I don’t think cheerleading meet the requirements of. The Olympics is usually judged on one event with one person, for example swimming or gymnastics. Judging a whole team of 30 cheerleaders would be very difficult. Judging a cheer performance takes time where you have to replay a tape repeatedly, deduct, and add as many points as you can find. To watch each cheer team and there videos a few times is time consuming.
If cheerleading were to be an Olympic sport than you would need a small team and judge harder on form like gymnastics does. Even better, I would do individual cheerleaders if they want to have cheerleading in the Olympics. Individual routines do everything the same as normal cheer teams accept there are no stunts. Instead of stunts just show flexibility. Individual cheer routines would be a better, easier, and fair way to compete!
I agree that cheerleading should be an olympic sport. If dancing, gymnastics, and other team dance oriented activities can be in it, so should cheerleading. It takes work and timing for these routines. keep me posted.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you cheerleading should not be an Olympic sport. Not so much because it would be too hard for the judges but simply because it does not meet the criteria. In order to be an Olympic sport said sport must be practiced by men in at least 75 countries and four continents, and by women in at least 40 countries and three continents. Cheerleading is still not that popular globally.
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