Do You Guys and Gals Consider Cheerleading a Sport?

I consider it a sport but I want to know ya'll opinions...

Here are my reasons why I think it is a sport, by the way don't get rude with me okay? :3 I accept all opinions even though I know I am debatable but lets not argue... This isn't meant to be cause trouble <3

Also fun fact about it! Did you know The first group of cheerleaders weren't girls but were guys. And it was quite hard for the girls to join in and they didn't start joining until 1920 and didn't become the dominate participants until 1940 when the men went to war?

1.)    Athletic ability – Cheerleading requires as much, if not more, athletic ability than most other sports. Cheerleaders have to tumble, dance, run, jump, lift, and toss teammates and then catch them again. That takes some serious athletic ability. Oh, and they have to do all that with a smile on their face, while wearing a tight, revealing uniform, and they have to look good doing it. If that’s not an athletic endeavor, I don’t know what is.

2.)    Training – Cheerleaders have to train and practice regularly. Many take outside classes in gymnastics and dance, on top of their school or team training sessions, too. Cheering takes a great deal of dedication and devotion, just like any other sport. You have to make the squad, and you have to be at the top of your form to stay there.

3.)    Coaching – Sports have coaches to help them and teach them. Cheerleaders have coaches that do the same for them. Most of them are from the ranks of talented and experienced veteran cheerleaders. Now, if the guy on the bench has a “sports” team in the high school has-beens on the office softball league, don’t tell me cheering isn’t a sport.

4.)    Competitive Nature – Now that cheering competitions have sprung up all over—from the local to the national level—there’s no denying the competitiveness of cheering. Every performance may not end in a score, and every routine may not be a winner, but there is a competitive side to cheerleading.

5.)    Strategy – All good sports teams develop and utilize strategies to outsmart the opponent. The cheerleader’s main opponent is a quiet and sullen crowd. Therefore, good cheer squads need to know what cheer to use when, what dance moves and tumbling routines will fire up the bleachers, even when the team on the field or court is looking a bit lackluster. And the strategies used in cheering competitions are fierce play books of closely guarded secret weapons and surprise moves worthy of any sport!

P.S. This is to help me with my paper for speech class so I may choose some of you to debate with if you are okay if you are okay with it let me know