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The age old question -- to cover cheerleading or not?

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by bigpern23, Jan 8, 2008.

  1. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    I fully agree with that. No parents should complain about the placement of a story or a photo, though they will.
     
  2. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    I think the vote "no" is winning by a landslide right now.
     
  3. Exactly. Cheerleading isn't a sport, it's an activity. Belongs in the paper, but not in the sports section.

    And even then, I would cover only the state championships, no regular-season competitions.
     
  4. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    has the age old answer ever been different?
     
  5. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Hell no.

    Hell fuckin' no.

    Call Joan over in Life. She may be able to squeeze it in between the winter crochet club and instructions on how to build a compost bin.
     
  6. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Do a series of interviews with coaches and athletes of legitimate girls' sports, and ask them what THEY think of cheerleading as a varsity sport. Be sure and ask the volleyball, basketball and softball coaches who gets new uniforms first, them or the cheerleaders. Also be sure to ask what takes more athletic skill and dedication, cheerleading or their sport. ;)

    Especially see if you can track down any gymnastics coaches -- most of them will tell you, flat out, that their sport has been effectively destroyed by the encroachment of cheerleading (or worse, 'dance team') as a "varsity sport."
     
  7. Amen. That's what I do.
     
  8. Yes.

    Oh wait, I mean NO!
     
  9. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    now if they were college chicks, that'd be a different story.
     
  10. Cadet

    Cadet Guest

    Double-check with the state association, which likely sanctions both activities (debate) and athletics (football), and see which one they list cheerleading under. If the state association doesn't sanction it as a sport, you're off the hook.

    Your backup argument would be to group it in with band as a "sports support program," which also has competitions but gets their writeup in the community section.
     
  11. Well, yeah. That's a given.
     
  12. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    god, when the chicks start coming out against the chicks, you know they're in trouble. ;)
     
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