Cheerleading is a sport.

Football is a sport and you can get injured. Same goes with Basketball. But in Cheerleading, we break bones. If your doing a formation, the helicopter for example, and your back spot doesn't catch you, your at risk of breaking/spraining/fracturing a bone. The most you injure in your body is your arms, legs and ankled/feet. So yes. You do get hurt in Cheerleading. It's also competitive, like All-Star Cheer leading. That is continuous flips in the cheer, along with some basic stunts.

In Cheerleading it takes hard work and dedication. You have school and you take many hours of your day to practice. You learn things everyday and sometimes, you won't do the stunt or the cheer right and you'll talk to your coach and she'll/ he'll talk it out with you. Just like in football. So yes, Cheer leading is a sport. If you disagree well..Try it out yourself. Its harder than you think.