This letter is concerning the June 25-27 Poeter in Motion
section of the sports page. In reply to the heading,
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Absolutely,
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cheerleading is a sport. If Damon Poeter thinks that this
dispute can be settled with his ignorant antics, he’d better be
ready to receive the backlash.
Editor,
This letter is concerning the June 25-27 Poeter in Motion section of the sports page. In reply to the heading, “Absolutely,” cheerleading is a sport. If Damon Poeter thinks that this dispute can be settled with his ignorant antics, he’d better be ready to receive the backlash.
Since when does cheerleading have anything to do with a gardening trawl? Not only was cheerleading compared to activities such as gardening and spelling bees, but I was especially offended by the mention of wet T-shirt contests. It would take a vulgar male to make a correlation between tasteful cheerleading routines and crude events that take place to objectify women. If your daughter was a cheerleader would you want men to look at her and think of wet T-shirt contests?
According to Poeter, sports are activities requiring specialized shoes. I’m sure if he had done any sort of research on the subject, he would have found that Nike, Adidas, Reebok and many other companies make specialized shoes for cheerleading. Cheerleading? +20 pts. As for the judging, cheerleading judges are very rarely “corrupt” or “drunk.” To say that the only way of measuring the performance is by a panel of judges is wrong, just ask any cheerleaders who have dropped an important stunt. Cheerleading? + the 10 points originally taken in the article. And while cheerleading did start as a way to get the crowd on their feet, cheerleading has become a competitive sport. “The world of cheer no longer means sideline squads that exist solely to support other teams,” wrote Erik Brady, a USA Today sports writer. There is now the NCA, the National Cheerleading Association, which I am secure in saying, would not go out of business without football nor basketball. Cheerleading? +1500 pts; the original 1000 taken and another 500 for all those who are in agreement with me.
Allison Manthey,
San Benito High School senior, varsity cheerleader
