Are you meaning traveling expenses? If not, the bolded certainly is not true. To outfit one participant per season, football most certainly costs more than cheerleading.

 

I mean all expenses. They buy new uniforms every year plus all the accessories they buy each year. By the way, we do not have football at our school.

I mean all expenses. They buy new uniforms every year plus all the accessories they buy each year. By the way, we do not have football at our school.

 

If football bought new uniforms every year, then yes, they would be more expensive than cheerleading. I suppose any sport can be purchase as much as they want (whether they need it or not), if they have the money. My cheerleaders did not buy new uniforms every year. I guess that makes me a bad (former) cheerleading coach. :lol:

 

Is there anyone else that has insight into BOTH football and cheerleading? Any athletic directors?

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I tend to agree with TB&G. I can't see how any cheerleading equipment or uniforms could come close to the cost of football equipment and uniforms. However, I don't think cheerleading should be considered a sport for Title IX purposes or any other. Yes cheerleaders are athletic and they work just as hard as any sports team, but they are not competing, they are cheering. Yes I know there are cheerleading competitions, but there are also band competitions and winter guard, and ROTC competitions, but that doesn't make the band, guard, or ROTC a sport does it?

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I tend to agree with TB&G. I can't see how any cheerleading equipment or uniforms could come close to the cost of football equipment and uniforms. However, I don't think cheerleading should be considered a sport for Title IX purposes or any other. Yes cheerleaders are athletic and they work just as hard as any sports team, but they are not competing, they are cheering. Yes I know there are cheerleading competitions, but there are also band competitions and winter guard, and ROTC competitions, but that doesn't make the band, guard, or ROTC a sport does it?

 

So how can the two bolded parts not be considered a sport? No athleticism is necessary in band, winter guard, ROTC, quick recall...etc.

 

When you combine athleticism with competitition, you have a sport. At least IMO.

So how can the two bolded parts not be considered a sport? No athleticism is necessary in band, winter guard, ROTC, quick recall...etc.

 

When you combine athleticism with competitition, you have a sport. At least IMO.

 

Winter guard, ROTC, dance teams are all athletic too and they all compete in competitions, but they are not considered sports.

If football bought new uniforms every year, then yes, they would be more expensive than cheerleading. I suppose any sport can be purchase as much as they want (whether they need it or not), if they have the money. My cheerleaders did not buy new uniforms every year. I guess that makes me a bad (former) cheerleading coach. :lol:

 

Is there anyone else that has insight into BOTH football and cheerleading? Any athletic directors?

 

 

The 3 high schools I have been associated with, spent an average of around $120,000 a year on football and about $60,000 a year on cheerleaders.

 

That is 2 cheerleading squads with a total of about 32-40 girls and football teams with around 65 guys.

 

I know the cheerleading $ because I know what parents are responsible for during the year for cheerleading dues and fund raising.

Yes. They are. So are football helmets...and the mats don't have to be reconditioned every year and some years get rejected and have to be replaced. Not to mention that football has to pay six officials for every game. Not to mention that the field must be marked with paint for each game (unless you are lucky enough to have turf, which isn't cheap, either). There are so many expenses that people don't see with football.

 

I am not putting one sport above the other. I am just saying that I know first hand that cheerleading is not more expensive than football per participant, unless the cheerleaders do a heck of a lot of traveling.

 

 

Helmets are recommended to get reconditioned every 2 years.

Do not forget that football generates revenue,i.e. tickets and concessions.

Helmets are recommended to get reconditioned every 2 years.

 

Ours are "recommended" every year.

I haven't read every post in this thread, but son't some schools have mixed (boys and girls) cheerleading squads? How would that play out with respect to Title IX?

I mean all expenses. They buy new uniforms every year plus all the accessories they buy each year. By the way, we do not have football at our school.

 

Why?

 

Sorry, I don't mean to come off as flippant. Do cheerleading unis go through more wear and tear than those of other sports?

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Why?

 

Sorry, I don't mean to come off as flippant. Do cheerleading unis go through more wear and tear than those of other sports?

 

Not sure why. They seem to do a lot of unnecessary spending. But the parents agree to it or fundraise the community to death to buy items. A long story when it comes to our cheerleading squad.

I haven't read every post in this thread, but son't some schools have mixed (boys and girls) cheerleading squads? How would that play out with respect to Title IX?

 

Cheerleading does not count in the Title IX reports.

Helmets are recommended to get reconditioned every 2 years.

 

Just to clarify, from Riddell's website:

 

HELMET WARRANTIES

The warranty on helmet shells is five (5) years for polycarbonate varsity helmets and three (3) years for ABS youth helmets, provided there hasbeen normal use and proper maintenance. It is recommended that your helmet be reconditioned every year by a Riddell Factory Authorized

Reconditioner. Proper maintenance requires reconditioning of your helmet at least every two (2) years by a NOCSAE Licensed Reconditioner using only new factory replacement liners in the reconditioning process.

 

I can't imagine that some schools skip a year on the reconditioning of used helmets. It seems to risky to me.

 

Sorry to sidetrack the conversation.

I would love for Cheerleading to be considered a sport. I am sure not everyone agreees, BUT it depends on the school. At Greenup it is all about competition. They have participated in the UCA national competition every year for 30 years (and have brought home 13 national titles.) They compete in regional and state competitions. I have nieces who cheer and know how much money they raise and spend annually. The school does not fund them in any way. All their funds are raised by boosters. In comparison, Greenup funds the football program with $7,500 per year. The bulk of the funding comes from its boosters. Again, having cheerleading classified as a sport would help with title 9. The football booster to cheerleading booster monies would be about even.