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I was always the jock, never the cheerleader.

I was the girl diving into the cheerleaders on the sidelines of the basketball court as I tried to save the ball from going out of bounds.

I had friends who were cheerleaders, dance team members and flag team members. I couldn't do any of the things they did. They were impressive.

I mean, seriously. Those backflips? Wow. Those kicklines? Uh, I'm flexible, but I still can't get my muscular leg up into the air like that and have it look so good!

And forget about twirling those big flags! My best friend was on flag team. She tried to teach me. I was bad.

That said, some of them couldn't make a lay-up like I could. Or log the miles my cross country team did. Or serve a volleyball.

All of us have our own talents, right?

The debate is worn. Are cheerleaders athletes? Is cheerleading a sport?

A federal judge in Connecticut recently ruled that cheerleading is NOT a sport, at least as far as Title IX is concerned. Read more about that ruling here.

This reopens the conversation. What do you think?

posted by Veronica on Thursday July 29, 2010