| Pros |
Cons |
| More respect to cheer coaches from athletic department |
No increase in pay |
| More respect to cheer coaches from fellow scholastic coaches |
" No contact" policy for coach interaction with athletes |
| Maybe get gym space instead of using cafeteria for practices |
OHSAA sets the number of competitions you can attend |
| Booster clubs may have to share budgets |
Limit to the dates that we can compete |
| Access to the Athletic Trainer |
More mandatory meetings |
| Student peers will see that cheerleaders are athletes |
Regulate our Try-Out dates |
| Possible more ease of use obtaining buses and transportation to events |
May prohibit HS teams from hosting youth camps as fundraisers |
| Prove that a sport does not have to include the use of a ball |
Regulate the number of cheerleaders on a team, beyond the current tournament regulations we currently follow |
| We don't have to compete to be considered a sport or athletes |
Strict uniform restrictions |
| Show that we have as much dedication to our sport and rules |
Uniforms may not have reflective buttons or adornments |
| Show the number of skills and sport integrations that cheerleading involves |
Would Limit our decision making |
| Will get catastrophic insurance coverage through athletic department instead of activities department |
Athlete may not participate in all star & scholatic - student must make choice |
| If bowling is going to be considered a sport, why cant we? Are they athletes? |
Rules for Junior High/ MS are even tighter |
| More support for our OHSAA conference |
Limitation on practice season |
| We want the recogition that other athletes get |
May limit to 1 team per season sideline or competition, not both |
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Restrictions on the type of surface we may cheer on |
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Restrict us from mounting and stunting at all |
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Prohibit participation in parades that are off-season |
