Team Acrobatics and Tumbling

“Groups compete to make cheer a recognized sport”
Published Thursday, September 9, 2010
Source: http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/News-And-Events/Womens-Sports-News.aspx

This short article talks about how the governing body for cheerleading organizations is meeting with 15 colleges to create the sport of “stunt”. “USA Gymnastics sanctioned events will be called "team acrobatics and tumbling." This push was evoked by a recent Federal court ruling in Connecticut that found that cheerleading “wasn’t established enough” to meet the gender equity requirements of Title IX. Judge Stefan Underhill backed up his decision by concluding that cheer lacked standardized rules and a sanctioning body. Leading this movement, Bill Seely, the executive director of USA Cheer said that they are hoping to provide schools with a format that will satisfy the requirements of Title IX. They are making sure that the expenses of this new sport will not come out of funding of traditional cheerleading. The teams joining the USA Gymnastics model are becoming members of USA Gymnastics and have agreed to adhere to that USA Gymnastics' rules and policies.

-Chelseah M.
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