Logically? I am laughing. The only thing you have said so far is that it is "common sense" that football games are causing more injuries and more strain on the bodies. I oppose this; like i said earlier, why i may have not cheered both game squad and competition, several people on my team did. And never in my 4 years did that have any affect on their body. And several others and myself balancing both allstar and high school competition multiple times a week for 4 YEARS seemed to do fine too. But isn't it common sense that myself and other cheerleaders on my team should be wearing braces? Yes, quite a few of us did, but did that come from straining our bodies at football games? No, as a matter of fact a lot of cheerleaders look at footballs game as little bit of a stress reliever before competitions.
To answer your question as to WHY I do not want the season moved? I did mention that it will take a toll on a lot of schools talent due to all-star season starting up but i will agree that it is not GHSA's problem to build their schedule around a club sport. I could not care what season they decide to move cheer to; my argument to your argument is that it will NOT make a difference. The braces and injuries will NOT go away no matter what season you put cheerleading in. It's the nature of the beast; what we do is dangerous and there will be injuries.
Now PLEASE tell me how I have not said anything logical in this statement. The injuries are NOT from football, but they are increasing due to the DIFFICULTY increase. 5 years ago, straight up stunts, and a 2 8 count pyramid could win state. Now today teams are pushing stunting limits and especially tumbling. Everyone is trying to get fulls as quickly as possible to max out. That is not safe at all especially on hard mat. If you are going to sit there and tell me your argument that football games are causing more strain and injuries than cheerleading itself, than you are insane.
Please keep it coming. The lack of knowledge you think you know is making me laugh.
Because for the umpteenth million time, you once ignored basic human anatomy and physiology. You don't seem to grasp the very simple concept of more stress and strain, more injuries. You've continued to ignore something that is scientific fact. That's not logical. You keep harping on the increase in difficulty, yet ignore the strain already of having to compete and do football games.
If you could actually read, you'd know what I've been saying all along. That there are more tired girls, and an increase in injuries because of the stress and strain of having to cheer at football games and competitions at the same time. I've been around the sport longer, and I've seen the increase. You might say again it's the skills increase. Well, if you're capable of logical thought, think about this. The sport has increased in difficulty. Many of the athletes involved are already having to practice for football and cheer at football games.
They're now having to do more difficult things for that sport, plus practice for, and cheer at football games. If you say the human body doesn't get more stress and strain from that, you should ask someone to buy you a clue for Christmas. As I explained (which you ignored of course because you do more cherry picking than a game of Hi Ho Cherry O) cheering at football games demands more than at basketball games.
There you go cherry picking again. Because I never said the injuries would stop. What I said was that there would be fewer if the season were later. You're arguing that giving athletes a holiday break to rest and recover wouldn't make a difference. And you wondered what wasn't logical? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9S3zQx_2k
You mention three or four people, I'm saying multiple squads. Over YEARS. More years than you've been around. All you've shown is that you can cherry pick parts of sentences and ignore points. But please, don't try to actually refute anything. I might die of shock.
By the way, such honesty. "I'll leave it at that" you said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU
This is will be my last response for sure. I promise.
"Because for the umpteenth million time, you once ignored basic human anatomy and physiology. You don't seem to grasp the very simple concept of more stress and strain, more injuries."
Wrong. I get that, but the stress and strain and injuries are coming from the difficulty increase. It does not take that much effort to cheer at a football game 1 day a week.
"They're now having to do more difficult things for that sport, plus practice for, and cheer at football games. If you say the human body doesn't get more stress and strain from that, you should ask someone to buy you a clue for Christmas. As I explained (which you ignored of course because you do more cherry picking than a game of Hi Ho Cherry O) cheering at football games demands more than at basketball games."
You cannot physically put that much stress and strain on your body 1 night a week. If there were football games every night, i would see your point as valid, but the fact that they are 1 night a week is NOT repetitive motion. It is not a daily activity.
"Because I never said the injuries would stop. What I said was that there would be fewer if the season were later. You're arguing that giving athletes a holiday break to rest and recover wouldn't make a difference."
Not practicing for 2 weeks and then jumping into the point where squads should be hitting the routines and getting ready for state would not help the injuries decrease(ill use that instead of going away). As a current cheerleader myself and one who experiences the break every year, it is HARD getting back into it after christmas. In the allstar world it is very rare that teams compete in janurary and if they do it is late janurary.
Our season right now is only 4 months(summer is not mandatory, but once school starts practice is.)
The fact of the matter is, GHSA is not going to change the season because some smaller schools can't have more than one squad. I'm not going to waste my time arguing over something that is not going to change.
I know my "opinion" is valid.