What it's really like to be an NFL cheerleader


[post_page_title]An enormous college sport[/post_page_title]
With all of the focus on cheerleading in the NFL and the United States’ other professional sports leagues, it’s easy to forget that cheerleading is a legitimate sport in and of itself on the collegiate level. Not only that, but certain schools even give out scholarships to cheerleader student athletes.

An enormous college sport

Obviously, it isn’t as lucrative as football or basketball, and it isn’t recognized by the NCAA as a sport, but there are still competitions between colleges in cheerleading. But if you’ve been watching Cheer on Netflix like the rest of the country, you already knew that…

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