Is Cheerleading a sport or not?

To begin, I should probably tell you exactly what Cheerleading means. Cheerleading: is a physical activity that requires skill and dedication. Any sport requires time and dedication to achieve the goal to win.In cheerleading, you compete by jumping, tumbling, dancing, and stunting. There are two different types of cheerleading. Sideline & Competitive. Sideline is cheering for football team, while competitive is obviously where cheer teams from all over compete with other cheer teams.
There are debates on the subject where or not cheerleading is a sport or not. Many like to think that it is not a sport, while others want to prove that it is. Most cheerleaders hate the fact that everyone say its not a sport, they strive to prove that it is.
Cheerleaders spend just as time and dedication into their practices as any other athletes would in their sport. Just because there is no official ref does not mean that it can not be considered a
sport. Cheerleaders are trying to make it known and show everyone that it is a sport and that it does have a significant meaning behind it because it is something that they believe in, and is their own passion. It's to be determined whether or not it's a sport, but in the mean time of being absent-minded on this subject we'll just continue on with our own opinions.
All in all, the decision basically stands in the hands of you and what you think, as of now cheerleaders will continue to believe that it is a sport & the people who are not involved in the sport will continue to believe that it is not a sport.