10 years later America really got a look at what competitive cheerleading really is. In 1978 CBS Sports televised the Collegiate Cheerleading Championship. Having a cheer competition televised was a real eye opener for us cheerleaders because it showed everyone that we do more than cheering on the sidelines.
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In the late 1990’s ESPN finally declared cheerleading a sport, us cheerleaders still aren’t taken that seriously but we sure have come a long way from where we started.