Court Ruling: Cheerleading a federal gender equity requirements of a Title IX sport.

Many Universities have been struggling with court rulings on whether or not cheerleading is considered a sport. The court ruling in Connecticut that cheerleading does not meet requirements as a Title IX sport.  Even at high school levels safety issues and securities leave cheerleading in a gray area. Some schools consider cheerleading a  club rather than a sport. Some groups like USA cheer are pushing to establish cheerleading as a sport recognized by the NCAA. This Sports Illustrated  article brings up some good points and concerns about making cheerleading recognized by the NCAA and how it differs from Gymnastics. One problem is that cheerleading competitions do not all have the same rules and regulations. Every competition has different levels of difficulties allowed. I have competed in many competitions and it would make it easier on the teams if there were the same rules and regualtions across the board. Every competition we had to change our routine to either spice it up or water it down to meet the regulations in the division your team is put in to. In example, one competion would allow team standing back tucks, but a different competition didn't allow team standing back tucks.