how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing‚ working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because it requires physical
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Sports are essential part of our daily lives. Some of us play sports‚ we constantly hear news about some incident happening in the sporting world‚ or we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the
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Have you ever heard of the term “dumb jocks”? There may be a reason behind the term and they are not beginning as “dumb jocks” (Almond 120). For this very reason‚ contact sports should narrow in on older players and be banned from children who are still growing. Until the age of 26‚ a person’s frontal lobe‚ which helps make decisions‚ is still developing. If a person were to damage their frontal lobe‚ they could have major issues in the future. “ A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury—or
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Lives are Saved Sport hunting is a topic that is highly debated in the US today. People have many different opinions on whether it should be illegal‚ or remain the same. I believe that sport hunting is unfair‚ not right‚ and should be illegal. Some reasons several people believe that sport hunting is okay and necessary is because they think it reduces population and teaches people how to survive in the wilderness. It is fair to have this opinion‚ since if you are on a plane that crashes‚ or get
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The topic I am going to discuss today is Drugs in Sport. My contention is that drugs should not be made legal in sports. Drugs in sport is an issue that is always in the spotlight‚ especially during major athletic events such as the recent and highly controversial‚ Tour De France. However‚ now the issue has risen to such an extent that sport itself is almost a side issue. There have been numerous drug busts over the years as more and more athletes succumb to the temptation of an easy win by
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debate over the public financing of sports stadiums has been going on for decades between team owners‚ fans‚ local authorities‚ and taxpayers. While sports teams and their owners argue that new stadiums help spur economic growth‚ many taxpayers oppose their tax dollars going towards stadiums. Stadiums are expensive‚ often costing hundreds of millions of dollars‚ if not billions. The average cost of an NFL stadium from 1997-2011 was over $525 million.
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Many parents claim that competitive sports can result in injuries and stress. However there are many positives to this controversial topic. The result of kids participating in competitive sports is the reduction of obesity‚ boosting of self-confidence and it also helps develop social skills. Recent research has suggested that kids who play more sports are less likely to be obese. Child obesity is a common issue in the United States of America. Almost 18% of the children in America are obese. Despite
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Although many people would say or agree that cheerleading isn’t a sport because all you do is be on the sideline or you’re just supporting and not competing for anything‚ cheerleading actually comes with a lot. A lot as in hard work‚ having to pay fees plus the games and activities you are expected to attend just like any other sport. It is true that you’re not competing for anything and you’re just on the sideline being a cheerleader‚ but all the after school practices and conditioning that you
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face on cheerleading. Cheerleading in America is no longer a matter of waving pom-poms‚ a cute smile and being overly perky. Calling themselves athletes‚ not eye candy‚ cheerleaders are pushing harder for recognition as participants in an official sport. Today‚ cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football‚ the grace of dance‚ and the agility of gymnastics. Complex maneuvers are performed which challenge the limits of the body. Safety organizations such as the American Association
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Weight cutting does not only affect the athlete during the process‚ but can have long term effects on an athlete’s health. Cutting weight is linked to woman having lower estrogen levels which affects long term bone density. One trainer stated that due to constant weight cutting his fighter is unable to avoid injuries because she is prone to broken bones and has constant stress fractures. This has cause the fighter to be withheld from competition for three years in a row with no return in sight. Weight
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