According to a report, the United States District Judge Stefan Underhill, a decision handed down on Wednesday, July, 22, is that competitive cheerleading is not officially a sport, if Title IX of the "gender-equity requirements" involved.
The verdict comes after Quinnipiac University volleyball players - along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - had a lawsuit against the University, that cut women's volleyball program and replace it with a cheerleader looking depositedTeam because of budgetary constraints.
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The report notes that the requirements of Title IX gender equity - "Men and women need sports instructors, exercises, competitions and a government organization." Mandate - passed in 1972 also, the article raises many practical Quinnipiac University Judge Underhill ruled in violation of Title IX, have their particular "overvaluation of female athletes" and their "Understatement of men", respectively. In a commentary on hisFindings Judge Underhill cites the words, "is still underdeveloped and disorganized, it must be handled with real opportunities to participate in varsity athletics for students."
Judge Underhill's ruling comes as a surprise to many fans and cheerleaders cheerleading cheerleading competition especially when you consider the global explosion of popularity in the last ten years. Over the past 10 years, cheerleading assimilation into sports programming like ESPN networks- And great film, makes it hard to believe that a sport is so popular (and high demands of the participants) as if nothing less than a competitive sport. See the article in Time magazine for a more detailed representation.
Cheerleading is a sport?
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