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Federal court rules once and for all that cheerleading is not a real sport – Yahoo! Sports (blog)

As reported by the Associated Press, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Hartford, ruled that Quinnipiac University’s attempt to classify the school’s cheerleading squad as a varsity team sport was not valid, because as of 2010 cheerleading did not …
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U.S. Court upholds decision: Cheerleading is not a varsity sport – SI.com

The school wanted to cut its volleyball program to free up funds for the cheerleading squad and originally brought the case to a federal district judge in 2010 after its women’s volleyball team sued the university in April 2009. The team wanted to stop the …
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Cheerleading Can’t Count as Sport for Title IX, Appeals Court Rules – Education Week News (blog)

The decision is “broadly applicable,” according to Neena Chaudhry, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, meaning that K-12 schools also can’t count competitive cheer squads as varsity sports for the purposes of Title IX, the federal law which …
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Just Because Cheerleading Is Hard Doesn’t Mean It’s a Sport – Jezebel


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The volleyball team sued to preserve its existence, and in 2010, a federal judge ruled that under Title IX, cheerleading isn’t a sport. The school, apparently dogged in its quest to be rid of the volleyball menace, appealed, and yesterday, the Second US Circuit …
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Patch’s Poll: Do You Think Competitive Cheerleading is a Sport? – Patch.com

Print. Comment. ‹ Back to Article. new Video_thumb. Embed | Share. Stevenson cheerleaders. The Stevenson University cheerleading squad during a break in the action at Stevenson University Stadium on Saturday. Edward S. Davis. context. Photos (1) …
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