Court To Determine If Cheerleading Is Sport, Golfers and Bowlers Watch Closely
In a few days or weeks a court of law is going to determine if cheerleading should be considered a sport. In this case it is whether it fits under the context  of Title IX and the federally defined standards for sport.  Regardless, the outcome of this case is going to be interesting because it will finally end any speculation as to what cheerleading is as an undertaking.
I only hope this leads to other cases determining what officially is or is not a sport. I mean, take golf for instance. Certainly we need a ruling on this. Sure it is a game that requires a lot of skill, but being an athlete is certainly not a requirement. Any sport where a 50-60 year old man can compete or beat a 20-30 year old man in my book cannot be a sport. In my mind, its an activity, its a game, its even a game of skill, but sport, not so much.
If golf is a sport then bowling should be a sport…which, in my book, it isn’t either but I will leave it up to a court of law to decide. My argument against bowling (and golf for that matter) is that if you can smoke and drink and actually have that IMPROVE your performance, then whatever you’re doing really cannot be called a sport.
Also, we need a determination as to whether auto racing is a sport. Granted it takes a great deal of strength and endurance and you cannot smoke or drink while driving…but, in the end, you’re driving. You are driving a really really fast car and banking on some turns. You are in control of the vehicle, you steer it, but you aren’t the engine making it run. Horse racing is considered a sport for the horses only, no jockey has ever been considered an athlete, why should an automobile driver. Is it not essentially the same thing?
If, in the end, a court disagrees with me an allows all these activities as sports, then my God, won’t the flood gates open? Darts will soon no longer be part of the parlor game family and instead will want to be recognized as a true sport. Even poker will want in on the action.
Lines must be drawn somewhere. Let’s see how this ruling plays out first.
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I take it you don’t play much sports, the whole drinking and smoking thing doesn’t quite make sense since neither the PGA or PBA allow drinking or smoking during professional events. Also I am not sure if you watch much football or baseball either but there are plenty of 40 year old’s that compete against much younger competition. It seems like you need to rethink your standards or philosophies of what constitutes a sport.
You sir are a dumb@$$! Bowling and golf not a sport? Are you kidding me? I am a serious/avid bowler. I bowl in many tournaments year in and year out. You don’t understand how much strength, endurance, mental game, etc it takes to be successful at this game. This game also requires a lot of studying of the many different types of oil patterns that are out there. Just because people at 60 can be just as successful as someone at the age of 20 doesn’t mean that bowling shouldn’t be a sport. If you want to give you’re opinion first make sure you know all about these other sports you are talking about that you say supposedly isn’t a sport. Although I can’t personally speak for golf or auto racing because I do neither of those things. You sir will probably make a bunch of enemies from this. But oh well. All in all. If you don’t know much about bowling, golf, auto racing, etc. And how hard athletes oh these sports work and how much they put themselves through. Don’t say things like this about it. So keep your opinions to yourself about stuff that you don’t even know much about.