Fed Judge: Cheerleading not a sport

[rbell]

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=12847217

Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering a Connecticut school to keep its women's volleyball team.
Several volleyball players and their coach had sued Quinnipiac University after it announced in March 2009 that it would eliminate the team for budgetary reasons and replace it with a competitive cheer squad.

Some random thoughts:

• Wow...we must be seriously worried about our judges being bored...we've got them deciding what is and isn't sport. Remember when judges used to interpret this vague, quaint little document called "the Constitution?" Sheesh...
• You're going to get some SERIOUSLY ticked-off folks over this. Look for the following people to write a scathing letter to the judge, or the paper:
  • "Cheerleading moms:" Think a cornered wolverine. With PMS. Whose pups are mortally injured. And she's been called "fat."
  • "Cheerleading coaches:" This covers the following populations...
    • Seriously angry females. I mean seriously angry.
    • Gay guys who are too competitive for interior design.
    • People who are clinically addicted to the Lifetime channel.
    • Folks who believe it is morally wrong for a teenager to have more than ten minutes of free time per month.
    • Same as above, except the last line should read "more than three dollars of discretionary income per year."
  • Orthopedic surgeons whose business has been slow.
  • Volleyball players fussing at cheerleading folks who are fussing about volleyball players.
  • Cheerleading folks whare fussing about volleyball players who are fussing about cheerleading folks who are fussing about volleyball players.
  • Et cetera.

Yep. I'll probably get flamed for this one.

 

[rbell]

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