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Recognition of cheerleading as an official sport by Sports Accord & International Olympic Committee
This petition was published by Ronald Alan on Jul 26, 2012
We are Cheerleaders, athletes who practice and love the sports of Cheerleading, this is a sport with more than 100 years of existing, with millions of persons both, woman and men involved.
A) Times have changed and it has evolved from the days where it was a popularity/beauty contest, where the only real skill invovled was spelling, waving pompoms, and maybe doing splits and some jumps. Now it is made up of mastering a wide variety of skills, Gymnastics (tumbling), Lifting, throwing, Conditioning, Dance, Jumping, Stunting, and much much more. It takes hours & hours, months & months and even years to master skills.
B) Because it is a sport that starts at a young age now, 4 & up, Kids, teens and adults devote lots of time and effort to practicing and honeing skills, and in this economy we live in, some parents need financial help. Other sports & activities such as Soccer, Badminton, Girl Guides, all are considered worthy of finanical assistance, but at the moment, Cheerleading is skoffed at, and not given any consideration at all. When it is more athletic that most current recognized sports!
C) high Schools and Universities around the globe do not support their Cheer programs athletes in any way because Cheerleading isn't considered a sport. So The teams lose out on some really great athletes because of the lack of financial support.
DEFINITION OF SPORT
Sport in wikipedia is all forms of competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition, and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports. However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports, although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can by determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.
In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences through sports broadcasting.
THE SPORT OF CHEERLEADING
We support the ICU as our government body to present to Sports Accord and IOC this petition for recognition as a legitimate sport around the globe.
We are participants and competitors in many ways,
1. Cheerleading is a sport that complement the participation o man and woman together
2. is a sport that involves all kind of ages since 4 years olds and over all around the globe
3. We have our Worlds competition as a country, and as all stars clubs once at year with ICU and USASF worlds.
4. We have our own competitions, with rules, judging and point deduction systems, WADA, etc
A) Times have changed and it has evolved from the days where it was a popularity/beauty contest, where the only real skill invovled was spelling, waving pompoms, and maybe doing splits and some jumps. Now it is made up of mastering a wide variety of skills, Gymnastics (tumbling), Lifting, throwing, Conditioning, Dance, Jumping, Stunting, and much much more. It takes hours & hours, months & months and even years to master skills.
B) Because it is a sport that starts at a young age now, 4 & up, Kids, teens and adults devote lots of time and effort to practicing and honeing skills, and in this economy we live in, some parents need financial help. Other sports & activities such as Soccer, Badminton, Girl Guides, all are considered worthy of finanical assistance, but at the moment, Cheerleading is skoffed at, and not given any consideration at all. When it is more athletic that most current recognized sports!
C) high Schools and Universities around the globe do not support their Cheer programs athletes in any way because Cheerleading isn't considered a sport. So The teams lose out on some really great athletes because of the lack of financial support.
DEFINITION OF SPORT
Sport in wikipedia is all forms of competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition, and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports. However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports, although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can by determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.
In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences through sports broadcasting.
THE SPORT OF CHEERLEADING
We support the ICU as our government body to present to Sports Accord and IOC this petition for recognition as a legitimate sport around the globe.
We are participants and competitors in many ways,
1. Cheerleading is a sport that complement the participation o man and woman together
2. is a sport that involves all kind of ages since 4 years olds and over all around the globe
3. We have our Worlds competition as a country, and as all stars clubs once at year with ICU and USASF worlds.
4. We have our own competitions, with rules, judging and point deduction systems, WADA, etc
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