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August 4th, 2010
09:39 AM ET
Cheerleading, not a sport, but produces injuriesNo, cheerleading isn’t a sport, said a judge in a July ruling. In a case involving Quinnipiac University, a federal judge ruled that cheerleading does not “qualify as a varsity sport for the purposes of Title IX and, therefore, its members may not be counted as athletic participants under the statute.” But it doesn’t mean that cheerleading doesn’t produce serious injuries. SI: Is cheerleading really a sport? Cheerleading has acrobatic stunts from towering human pyramids to jumps and flips that could expose them to neurological injuries such as concussions, closed-head injuries, fractured skulls and necks during cheer stunts, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that cheerleading accounted for 65.2 percent of high school and 70.5 percent of college catastrophic injuries among all female sports. UNC: Catastrophic sports injury report released The American Association of Neurological Surgeons dispensed some tips on preventing injuries: •Cheerleaders must have proper training with supervision during all stunts |
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