Talk:Cheerleading/to do

There is "traditional" cheerleading as in a following of it's origins. Cheerleading and pleasing the crowds at an event as entertainment during a lull. And there is competitive cheerleading which is a series of championships to find the most skilled squads and to promote the technical skills of cheerleading, which is itself the event. The two are very different. Would anyone have any objections to this? Ifc-international (talk) 05:41, 22 June 2011 (UTC) Yes.155blue (talk) 23:54, 12 March 2013 (UTC)155blue
 * Would like to remove the heavy bias towards the US cheerleading image by adding a disambiguation call.

GET INFO. ON CHEER COMPANIES LIKE C.O.A. [CHEERLEADERS OF AMERICA] OR ECA? There is no mention of Van Power, former NCA Executive who brought the first cheerleading championships to Walt Disney World's Milk House and put the first championship on TV.
 * Upload PD images
 * Add in info on different cheerleading subsets: Recreational League, School & College teams that practice traditional "lead the crowd" style cheerleading; Competitive school/college and All-Star teams; Cheer/Dance teams associated with professional sports teams.
 * The info on Cheerleading competitions is VERY short sighted, misses half the history of the industry... What about, Americheer, NLCC, NCA, UCA, USASF, etc...????
 * Add influential cheer squads, programs, etc.
 * Show how cheerleading has transitioned since the 1950s, and how competition cheerleading fits the Women's Sports Foundation definition of a sport
 * post links to websights like varsity.com etc.
 * explain the stereotype of cheerleading, although it is not always true (dumb blondes, popular girls???)

There should also be a link to the UK page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading_in_the_United_Kingdom

There is no reference as to how Randy Neil and the International Cheerleading Foundation took cheerleading abroad.


 * Why is there no section on gender aspects? It is no longer a sport dominated by females. There should be images of males included on the page. Daniellemariarodriguez (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * The article fails to mention "all star cheerleading" in the types of teams section. Also, cheerleading is now a popular sport around the world, as many of the types listed are present in countries beyond the United States. The title of the types section should be modified. Daniellemariarodriguez (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

1 World Bermuda is an international amateur sporting event held annually in Hamilton, Bermuda. Based on the summer Olympics, 1 World Bermuda is the only true multi- sports event that includes cheerleading as an official sport and officially recognizes cheerleaders as athletes. www.1worldbermuda.com

I'm going to suggest the separation of traditional cheer and all star cheer articles. It doesn't make sense to group the two together because of the vast differences. They're almost two completely different sports.

The text states, “As of 2012, all-star cheerleading as sanctioned by the USASF involves a squad of 6–36 females and/or males”. This is inaccurate and as of 2018, should be 5-38 females and/or males.

The text adds summaries of various competitions. The focus on certain ones mentioned does not make sense. Yet, the most important competition for lower level teams (The Summit, created in 2013) is not mentioned at all. (https://www.varsity.com/all-star/competitions/end-of-season-events/the-summit/)

Information about cheer related injuries needs to be updated. The sport has grown rapidly and the activities performed are drastically different than what they used to be. Studies from 2008 aren't really indicative of today's sport. [User: amanda363]

I will start with saying that I am making suggestions based on my collective knowledge and experience from the sport in Canada.

"Cheerleading in Canada" requires a full overhaul or a separate article all together. I am Canadian and have been involved in the sport since 2006, and involved in governance for the past 5 years. The information in this section is outdated. Although it has accurate information, it is no longer a proper reflection of Cheerleading in Canada. I would gladly work on this with more time to research and cite proper sources if the Wiki Community agrees that it's needed. I will include some notes below to correct some inaccuracies or for disambiguation.

In the "Competition in Canada" section: Cheer Canada (https://cheercanada.ca) is the National Sport Organization for cheerleading. The body has not received its amateur athletics status nationally, but is working towards achieving this in 2021. In Canada, there are 9 Provincial Territorial Sport Organizations (PTSO) : Alberta Cheerleading Association(https://albertacheerleading.ca), British Columbia Cheerleading Association(https://bccheerleading.ca), Ontario Cheer Federation (http://www.ocfcheer.com), Cheer Manitoba (https://www.cheermanitoba.ca), Cheer New Brunswick (https://www.cheernewbrunswick.com), Newfoundland and Labrador Cheerleading Athletics (https://www.facebook.com/CheerNL), Cheer Nova Scotia (https://www.cheerns.com), Fédération de cheerleading du Québec (http://www.cheerleadingquebec.com), and Saskatchewan Cheerleading Association (https://sca.ca). Cheerleading has been recognized in each of these provinces and receives government funding from their respective provincial government branch (information can be found on each of their websites). The other organizations listed are privately owned for-profit companies that host competitions across Canada (event producers), some no longer exist or have become a Varsity brand, and there are many more that aren't included. There are also way more than 40 clubs in Canada, it is difficult to have an accurate edit for this due to covid-19 member numbers are inaccurate and there is no place where this stat is posted nationally due to the governance structure.

In the "Canadians on the Worlds Stage" section: club teams compete at the IASF World Championships. In 2013, due to the ICU bylaws, Canada was no longer eligible to compete in the Elite division (I would need to dig for an article, but it's common knowledge in the community) so Canada was only allowed to field teams in the Premier Division. There is a rule (ICU) that teams that demonstrate a certain level of success in the Elite division must move into Premier. Team Canada Cheerleading also has Cheer Abilities (Para Cheer), Performance Cheer teams and Junior Team Canada teams, these teams are chosen through video submission as a team (verses as individual athletes). .

The International Cheer Union has received full recognition from the International Olympic Committee as the International Federation for cheerleading at the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo (https://cheerunion.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/olympics/docs/ICU_IOC_Full-Recognition.pdf).

For disambiguation, we should consider the article should remove misleading information about specific for-profit companies and divisions mentioned so that readers can be directed to their governing bodies to find out which events they could/should attend.

The section for "Competition and Companies" is extremely biased towards Varsity and their respective brands and events. I think that reference to Varsity and its brands should be removed. I don't think that this section adds value to defining Cheerleading, and in my opinion it merely serves as marketing for those companies.

I also think that the Universal Cheerleading Association (a Varsity Brand) in the "Associations, federations, and organizations" section should be removed. This is section should be reserved for information for official bodies that govern the sport, not for-profit companies and divisions of the same company.

[User: Wikipang94]