or a bad case of red a$$ as Bow would say....
Okay I need to vent and I am asking for opinions to see if I am out of line here...
A little background my daughter is a freshman, she has been in competition cheer since she was like 4. Since 3rd grade she has cheered for her school and on the school competition squad. She busts her butt practicing and cheering.
Okay here is what happened...
Last Thursday was a mandatory meeting for all winter student athletes and at least 1 parent. Because I could not attend Taylor was not aloud to participate in cheerleading practice this week. I of course went tonight to the make up meeting. Because it is a make up meeting I am the only Cheer parent attending. The athletic director was going over the rules and regulations for all student athletes, one of the rules is that a student athlete can only participate in one sport at a time. One of the dads asked why there is a cheerleader that cheers for football and also plays volleyball. The athletic director's response was that cheerleading is not a sport it is a club. Tay's face... OMG she was ticked... I then ask why I have to attend this meeting? I am told because it does fall under athletics, but it's not a sport. I let it drop... He continues on and starts talking about how the school provides all athletes with their uniforms but realizes that shoes are expensive and that is why the athletic boosters provide $25 toward each high school student athletes shoes. This point I am ticked. The school has NEVER paid anything toward cheerleading uniforms or shoes. For everything Tay had to get for cheerleading this year it was $660. I asked why the athletic boosters don't provide anything toward cheerleading shoes, again I am told it's not a sport. But yet I am required to attend this meeting for her to participate in cheerleading.... the point of physicals was brought up and I quote "anyone participating in a SPORT is required to have a physical prior to the beginning of that SPORT" Well Tay had her required physical....
I am just ticked, they can have cheerleading fall under athletics and require all the same things they do for all other sports; grades, mandatory meetings, physicals, as a sports parent I am required to work at least 4 hours at the concession stand... But when it comes to putting any money toward their uniforms or even shoes it's not a sport.... And Tay is so mad, she is like I practice just as hard as anyone that participates in any other sport...
How can they have it both ways? These girls work so hard, how is this not a sport????
Okay I need to vent and I am asking for opinions to see if I am out of line here...
A little background my daughter is a freshman, she has been in competition cheer since she was like 4. Since 3rd grade she has cheered for her school and on the school competition squad. She busts her butt practicing and cheering.
Okay here is what happened...
Last Thursday was a mandatory meeting for all winter student athletes and at least 1 parent. Because I could not attend Taylor was not aloud to participate in cheerleading practice this week. I of course went tonight to the make up meeting. Because it is a make up meeting I am the only Cheer parent attending. The athletic director was going over the rules and regulations for all student athletes, one of the rules is that a student athlete can only participate in one sport at a time. One of the dads asked why there is a cheerleader that cheers for football and also plays volleyball. The athletic director's response was that cheerleading is not a sport it is a club. Tay's face... OMG she was ticked... I then ask why I have to attend this meeting? I am told because it does fall under athletics, but it's not a sport. I let it drop... He continues on and starts talking about how the school provides all athletes with their uniforms but realizes that shoes are expensive and that is why the athletic boosters provide $25 toward each high school student athletes shoes. This point I am ticked. The school has NEVER paid anything toward cheerleading uniforms or shoes. For everything Tay had to get for cheerleading this year it was $660. I asked why the athletic boosters don't provide anything toward cheerleading shoes, again I am told it's not a sport. But yet I am required to attend this meeting for her to participate in cheerleading.... the point of physicals was brought up and I quote "anyone participating in a SPORT is required to have a physical prior to the beginning of that SPORT" Well Tay had her required physical....
I am just ticked, they can have cheerleading fall under athletics and require all the same things they do for all other sports; grades, mandatory meetings, physicals, as a sports parent I am required to work at least 4 hours at the concession stand... But when it comes to putting any money toward their uniforms or even shoes it's not a sport.... And Tay is so mad, she is like I practice just as hard as anyone that participates in any other sport...
How can they have it both ways? These girls work so hard, how is this not a sport????
to me
