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The Herald-Palladium published Jason Mitchell: Perception isn’t reality for competitive cheer. Courtesy of faja.

Highlands Ranch Herald published New federal blow to cheerleading. Courtesy of faja.

ABC News published College Cheerleading Coach Agrees: It’s ‘Not a Sport’ … Yet. Courtesy of faja.

ESPN published No ‘cheers’ for latest Title IX decision. Courtesy of @kimberlyarchie.

The Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) published The Nasty Side of Title IX. Courtesy of @kimberlyarchie.

Fanhouse published Cheerleading Has Earned Spot on Pyramid of Sports. Courtesy of @billpresson.

Inside Higher Ed published Competitive Cheerleading Advocates Undeterred.

ABC News published 2, 4, 6, 8 Nobody Appreciates Cheering (video). Courtesy of Fierce Board.

Saving Sports published CSC Statement on Quinnipiac University, Competitive Cheer and Title IX. Courtesy of @kimberyarchie

If I was designing the Cheerleading Worlds from scratch, there are a few things I would do different. USASF & IASF Championships I would change the Cheerleading Worlds into multiple events. I’m going to use the United States as the example then apply it to other parts of the world. US Teams would go to…

The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) published Competitive Cheer as a Sport.

Bill Seely of USA Cheer published Understanding Title IX.

The NY Times published Competitive Cheer Fans See Acceptance in Future.

Since the day the Associated Press reported Jeff Webb said Cheerleading is not a sport, I’ve had quite a few conversations and email exchanges with Varsity employees concerning the Quinnipiac University trial and the future of cheerleading. In many cases I’m not stating exactly who said what, but here is a summary of what I…

The National Competitive Stunts and Tumbling Association has announced their first Executive Director, John Blake. JULY 22, 2010 – The National Competitive Stunts and Tumbling Association has announced the hiring of John Blake as its first executive director for the 2010-11 season. Blake was a part of the team that tested and perfected the NCSTA’s…

Cheer Cincy published Cheerleading as a Title IX Sport in High Schools: How it Could Happen. This goes along with the College version published yesterday.

AACCA is Calling (and counting) All College Cheer Programs! AACCA is working with several collegiate athletics associations and educational camp providers to estimate the number of college cheerleading participants. Among other things, this figure is important in accurately determining the risk of catastrophic injury associated with college cheerleading.

Time published A Brief History of Cheerleading pictorial. Courtesy of Inside Cheerleading.

Our friends at Cheer Cincy published Cheerleading as a Title IX College Sport: How It Could Happen.

Sheila Noone sent an update: We recently shared some news with you related to Jeff Webb’s testimony in a trial involving the cheerleading team at Quinnipiac University. As you know, Varsity has always supported all types of cheerleading, and Jeff felt it was important to speak up in this landmark case to ensure clear differences…

USA Today published Judge in Conn.: Cheerleading not a college sport and quoted Bill Seely of USA Cheer. Bill Seely, the executive director of USA Cheer, a national governing body for both sideline and competitive cheerleading, said he believes the ruling represents only a minor setback for the efforts to make cheer an intercollegiate sport.…

Bill Seely, the Executive Director of USA Cheer, sent this response to the Quinnipiac University Ruling: I want to share some thoughts on today’s ruling by the judge in the Quinnipiac trial that stated the current competition-only cheerleading team at the school did not meet Title IX requirements to be classified as an intercollegiate sport.…

The Associated Press has published US judge in Conn.: Cheerleading not a sport and Judge in Conn.: Cheerleading not a college sport. CBS News and Fox News have published similar stories.

The judge in the Quinnipiac University trial has ruled Cheerleading is not a sport. Quinnipiac University Ruling