Post by dhobeika on Jul 15, 2007 16:03:13 GMT -5
On the NCAA website, cheerleading is not mentioned as an NCAA sanctioned sport.
Why do I bring this up? Because when Fresno State used gender quotas as one of the reasons to cut the men's team, they said they couldn't add women's wrestling because it wasn't recognized by the NCAA as an emerging sport.
So I took a look at the list of NCAA emerging sports, and cheerleading isn't on there either:
www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3CQXJgFjGpvqRqCKOcAFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtzQiHJHRUUAc0tpTA!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!?CONTENT_URL=http://www2.ncaa.org/portal/sports/general_information/emerging_sports.html
The way I see it, if Oregon is going to add cheer, then why not add women's wrestling instead? Neither are NCAA sports, but at least women's wrestling has an Olympic counterpart.
If money is a concern (although it seems like Nike has more than enough money to support baseball), then why not keep men's wrestling but add women's wrestling instead of competitive cheer?
Adding women's wrestling would supply female athletes in terms of numbers, and in terms of budget, it wouldn't add a lot of extra costs. Women's wrestling would utilize the same facilities and coaches as the men, while you have to allow for salaries for cheerleading coaches and what not.
There are a lot of women's wrestling programs out west that they could dual (Pacific University in OR, Menlo and San Jose State in CA, Simon Fraser in British Columbia). Plus these teams hold women's wrestling tournaments that are attending by females from across the USA (and internationally in the case of the Clansman tourney at Simon Fraser), so there are ample competition opportunities.
I don't know much about competitive cheer, but I took a look at the University of Maryland's website (which has one of the top programs in the country) and it seems like all of the schools that did the best at nationals are in the Eastern half of the US. umterps.cstv.com/sports/comp-cheer/spec-rel/040507aab.html
That being said, there are probably teams and competitions on the west coast that aren't mentioned above, but it seems like traveling to attend cheerleading competitions would be a costly endeavor.
Just my thoughts.
Why do I bring this up? Because when Fresno State used gender quotas as one of the reasons to cut the men's team, they said they couldn't add women's wrestling because it wasn't recognized by the NCAA as an emerging sport.
So I took a look at the list of NCAA emerging sports, and cheerleading isn't on there either:
www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4j3CQXJgFjGpvqRqCKOcAFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtzQiHJHRUUAc0tpTA!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfTFU!?CONTENT_URL=http://www2.ncaa.org/portal/sports/general_information/emerging_sports.html
The way I see it, if Oregon is going to add cheer, then why not add women's wrestling instead? Neither are NCAA sports, but at least women's wrestling has an Olympic counterpart.
If money is a concern (although it seems like Nike has more than enough money to support baseball), then why not keep men's wrestling but add women's wrestling instead of competitive cheer?
Adding women's wrestling would supply female athletes in terms of numbers, and in terms of budget, it wouldn't add a lot of extra costs. Women's wrestling would utilize the same facilities and coaches as the men, while you have to allow for salaries for cheerleading coaches and what not.
There are a lot of women's wrestling programs out west that they could dual (Pacific University in OR, Menlo and San Jose State in CA, Simon Fraser in British Columbia). Plus these teams hold women's wrestling tournaments that are attending by females from across the USA (and internationally in the case of the Clansman tourney at Simon Fraser), so there are ample competition opportunities.
I don't know much about competitive cheer, but I took a look at the University of Maryland's website (which has one of the top programs in the country) and it seems like all of the schools that did the best at nationals are in the Eastern half of the US. umterps.cstv.com/sports/comp-cheer/spec-rel/040507aab.html
That being said, there are probably teams and competitions on the west coast that aren't mentioned above, but it seems like traveling to attend cheerleading competitions would be a costly endeavor.
Just my thoughts.
