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- newgoldtooth, on 01/27/2009, -0/+49Why does everything have to result in a lawsuit?
- IHaveIssues, on 01/28/2009, -1/+40It's America - it's always someone else's fault.
- RoroCo, on 01/27/2009, -4/+36I anyone else more upset that they are using the term "sport" over the use of "contact"?
- doublefelix, on 01/27/2009, -0/+28It's a contact sport when she's tumbling from the top of the pyramid and you forget to save the cheerleader.
- lukasmach, on 01/28/2009, -0/+21The end result is reasonable though. If you decide to practice a sport that involves stunts, you should expect some of them going badly.
- jmewhite1, on 01/27/2009, -1/+21I wouldnt call it a contact sport but ruling in the way they did makes sense, I have a girlfriend who used to cheer in high school and i saw many of girls get kicked in the face/ fall on thier face, slapped in the face... and as funny as it all was, no one should be sued for an injury resulting from another cheerleader
- EllimistX, on 01/28/2009, -0/+14I'd wager it's more of a sport than golf.
- GoDawgs7, on 01/28/2009, -0/+13Considering that 16,000 cheerleaders are injured each year, I'd say it has its risks. (2006 article, but still relevant).
Also, from CBSnews.com: A recent study by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research found, in the last 25 years, cheerleading accounted for more than half of 112 catastrophic injuries to female high school and college athletes, including three deaths.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=1465814
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/earlysho ... - dygel, on 01/28/2009, -0/+13So, an extracurricular athletic activity in which some people throw other people into the air and try to catch them... you guys don't see the obvious "contact" elements here (not to mention the potential for contact injury)?
- JeddHampton, on 01/28/2009, -0/+12Save the cheerleader. Save the world!
- oboshoe, on 01/28/2009, -1/+12According to some documentaries produced by Vivid Video, it is quite obviously a very hands on, contact sport.
- ChaosProfessor, on 01/28/2009, -0/+9The spotter tried to catch her he messed up, she knew she may hit the floor and get hurt; I hate sue happy people.
I wrecked my 4 wheeler broke my back (i'm fine) and shattered my collar bone should I sue Yamaha, or the state because I was on their trail? - habbofresh, on 01/27/2009, -1/+10because of giggity giggity.
- shadowspawn, on 01/28/2009, -0/+8I never dated anyone who was on the squads, but had to watch them practice all of the time at school during soccer or whatever we were doing. After school activities and the like, sometimes we'd break at the field in the stands. I'll tell ya, those girls sure as ***** were built like a brick shipyard and did more gymnastic stuff than I could ever imagine. They worked as hard as we did, came away with casts sometimes or their arm in a sling. It never surprised me when one was walking around with a friend carrying her books because her arm was in a sling.
Never have seen an NFL or NBA team's cheerleaders do any of the ***** that I saw in high school.
But yea, this judgment gets my approval and nod. Means the pay should be better too if they go professional. - toscane, on 01/27/2009, -4/+12Is cheerleading a contact sport?
sure... it is the kinda sport when you are trying to get contact details of cheerleaders... - cfdude, on 01/28/2009, -1/+8Great, cheerleaders will probably have to get helmets and pads now.. uh protective pads.. I mean.. nevermind.
- marcos89, on 01/28/2009, -3/+10if only i could digg u up twice...
- norman619, on 01/28/2009, -0/+6You do know that they throw each other around and form peopel pyramids and such right? I believe that is contact. A contact sport does not require a bunch of dudes slamming into each other on some field chasing after some ball.
- jbliss, on 01/28/2009, -1/+7Former male cheerleader checking in here: cheer that includes stunting (throwing/holding people up in the air, sometimes as high as 30 feet) certainly is a sport in the same sense that gymnastics, pole vault, etc are sports: it takes lots of strength, skill, and practice and few can do it. Watch the college championships on ESPN, glance away from the eye-candy for a sec, and take a look at what's actually happening and tell me that's not a sport.
This ruling is excellent. High school and college squads all over the country are being ground-bound (not permitted to stunt) because of lawsuits, fear of lawsuits, and whiny parents. Coaches need to know the safety guidelines and trainers should be available but, beyond the steps schools would take to safeguard the health of football players, schools should not be held responsible for incidental injuries. - muchachoburacho, on 01/28/2009, -0/+6Travesty??? i feel like this was the absolute right decision. the contrary would be that the girl could sue cause someone failed to catch her.
- inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+5Have a few 16 year old girls that are high on hairspray hold you up above their head, then leap off and go face first into the court. Tell me how that feels.
Seen it happen, it looked like it hurt a whole lot. I didnt know faces bounced. - bjs3171, on 01/28/2009, -0/+5uh...yes i did know it was a contact sport. have you ever watched one of those competitions on ESPN?? That ***** is dangerous.
- Minaki, on 01/28/2009, -0/+5Sport (n):
Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
Physical? Check.
Rules? Check.
Competitive? Check.
It's a sport. - anklesnap, on 01/27/2009, -2/+7dangerous sport huh?
- TJNerd, on 01/28/2009, -1/+5then you don't save the world
- skywake, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4I would personally want a judge to say (in your case and the one in question) that you knew the risks involved when you participated in that activity so nobody is responsible but yourself for what happened.
I really wish people would just use some common sense, fast things crash, high things fall, sharp things go 'stabby stabby'. Most cases like this could resolved a lot quicker if people just used that squishy stuff we have between our ears that nobody wants to use. Save the courts for real crimes.... - quantumrose, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4At the UCA National Finals last week a girl over-rotated in the air and her elbow landed on a guys face. They had to stop the competition to make sure they got ALL of his teeth off the mat.
- triont, on 01/28/2009, -2/+6Blame Canada.
- rblancarte, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4This really isn't a contact sport issue. The problem really is in the wording of the law.
"At issue ... a Wisconsin law that prevents participants in contact sports from suing each other for unintentional injuries."
The fact is that at one time in the past people said in sports where opposing teams hit, people will get hurt - let's prevent a slew of lawsuits. But the bigger thing is that you are talking participation in activities that have some level of danger. Cheerleading has this, I am sure that a slew of other non-head-to-head sports would also fall under this law too.
The wording of the law still allows for lawsuits where negligence, recklessness and intentional injury does occur.
Given the ramifications of this ruling, this case is being watch probably as closely as that Kentucky High School Coach that is being charged w/ reckless homicide. - punkcat, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4"saw many of girls get kicked in the face/ fall on thier face, slapped in the face."
and you still wouldn't call it a contact sport? - compgeek, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4If there is stunting involved there is the potential for injury I don't see why anyone could have the balls to try and sue someone else over not being able to stop a fall. If the base isn't strong enough to catch the person that was tossed up they shouldn't be acting as a base then!. Good on the judge for seeing that this girl is obviously full of hot air and just looking for a way to leach off the system
- Sonixunite, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4I think I know what I'm suppose to do.
- sgpope, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4Because greedy Americans have found another way to profit at the expense of someone else. Since they don't care about anybody else, its all win.
- elnerdo, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4I'm pretty sure cheerleading is actually considered the MOST dangerous sport, at least in terms of injuries.
- dvnt1, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3You people have obviously never dated a cheerleader. You tell a cheerleader that her sport isn't a contact sport and you'll find out just how much "contact" a cheerleader is capable of...
- statrick, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3i think i heard dana white say that more people are killed inn womens cheer leading that there are killed in the sport on MMA.
- karan1003, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3because this is ah-mer-icka
- ang48137, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3Former female cheerleader here agreeing with you. As long as the coach knows the rules and explains it to the cheerleaders and they understand, that's it. The cheerleaders are responsible for making sure the person on top doesn't fall and that nobody gets hurt, but ***** happens. If I were to sue for every time I was elbowed, kicked, and fallen on I'd be up to my knees in court cases. It's completely ridiculous to sue a team mate for accidentally not catching you - you signed up for it, you deal with it.
- reaper527, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3cheerleaders get hurt all the time. so do the girls who do gymnastics. did she really think that being tossed 15 feet up in the air didn't have risks associated with it?
the court got this one right. - Minaki, on 01/28/2009, -4/+6Sport (n):
Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
Physical? Check.
Rules? Check.
Competitive? Check.
It's a sport. - JeddHampton, on 01/28/2009, -1/+3I'd enjoy having a bit of sport with them, if you know what I mean.
- ivosilva, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2"She's a bacon power user."
There, fixed it for you. - spearce, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2my lawyer will be contacting you shortly.
- yelow, on 01/28/2009, -2/+4Yes. Yes I did.
No puns. No jokes. I'm not going to be the fortieth idiot with the 'contact' joke, probably because I've actually 'contacted' cheerleaders.
Of course it's a contact sport. Which part are you trying to prove wrong? The sport, where they're athletically fit and active, or when they're in contact with each other during exercises?
/thread - RealmDown, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Doesn't count. She's a power user.
- jrlcopy, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2I think any sport should be considered a contact sport, and they should all be blocked from suing each other, this is why all schools tend to purchase insurance for the players.
- dienaked, on 01/28/2009, -1/+3I knew that yesterday when this story hit the front page the first time.
- zydeco, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Funny thing is, you don't see the professionals doing pyramids and 15-foot tosses in the air. They're "dance squads" now.
- wh3873, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2Thank you roroco
- RealmDown, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2You were going with a decent comment there, right up to the edge of the cliff where you leaped off flapping your arms like a drunken frat brother.
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