Talk:Cheerleading in the United Kingdom

This page was proposed for deletion by Fayenatic london (talk · contribs) on 18 June 2012 with the comment:
unreferenced since 2009
It was contested by Arxiloxos (talk · contribs) on 2012-06-18 with the comment:
notable topic with available sources! I added 2 to start.

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IS cheerleading a sport?[edit]

As seen by the main cheerleading page, it is not a sport. IT is "an intense physical activity" that requires athletics. Sport is a notoriously hard word to define and the main purpose of most of cheer is not competition. (Lack of counterargument dictates agreement.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.118.168.2 (talk) 22:09, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Or, lack of counterargument might just indicate disgust with people who manage to get themselves worked up over this issue. Fat&Happy (talk) 23:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We're just following the sources. The source says it's offered as sport in some schools, and that's what we say. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:55, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not convinced that this subject deserves a UK article at all. Yes, some British schools allow girls to do this in a fairly desperate attempt to get them to take any exercise at all, but it's hardly a mainstream activity here. It's very much a part of US high school sport and seems very alien in the UK, where American football and baseball are tiny minority sports. --Ef80 (talk) 00:14, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]