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Argumentative Essay: Is Cheerleading A Sport?

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Some people say cheer is not a sport. But other people say it totally is.

According to Varisty’s article, cheer specifies as all the definitions of a sport. It’s half on half if is cheer is a sport or not. Sideline cheering does not specify as a sport but competition does. Cheerleaders train just as hard as any other sport..maybe even harder. Practice goes for hours, even if you're just getting ready for a basketball game. Cheerleaders also lift weights for upper body strength to lift up our team members.

For anything to truly be considered a sport, it has to involve competing against other teams. In competitive cheerleading you have to compete against each other with fashion, choreo and a hard set of rules. I’d like to see people that
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