Cheerleading deserves more respect: #tellusatoday

We asked our followers what they thought about the American Medical Association designating cheerleading a sport. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:

Have you watched cheerleading lately? You have to be an athlete to do what those people do.

— @ZAwesomePotato

Cheerleading may not be a sport with touchdowns or home runs, but it is assuredly an athletic endeavor.

— @looiedl

Under what authority does a medical association get to decide what is a sport and what isn't?

— @MarcIstook

It should be. They work really hard. That doesn't even include the injuries involved.

— @Stinger90

With the rigors of training and being judged on performance, it should be a sport.

— @dallasnbarb

Cheerleading as a sport has always been an argument. Now it's official! Love it.

— @shikiraspassion

Given the high level of gymnastics ability required, cheerleading deserves this recognition as an equal sport.

— @BaileyPittipat

I think they should designate politics as a sport with all of those contortions and back flips.

— @DeberaAsfaiken

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