The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has released its 26th annual report on sport injuries and has found the most dangerous sport to be . . . cheerleading. That’s right, cheerleading.
This is not a surprise to lawyers given the steady number of torts cases out of this sport as moves (particularly high throws) have increased.
The researchers found 1,116 direct catastrophic injuries in high school (905) and college sports (211). High school sports were associated with 152 fatalities, 379 non-fatal injuries and 374 serious injuries.
The student found that between 1982 and 2007, there were 103 fatal, disabling or serious injuries recorded among female high school athletes, with the vast majority (67) occurring in cheerleading. This represents over seventy percent of injuries or deaths among female athletes.
What is interesting is that the sports most people would have guessed are not in the top three. Football and rugby are lower on the list. The second and third most dangerous sports are gymnastics (9 injuries) and track (7 injuries).
Recently, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that cheerleading is a contact sport, here.
For the full story, click here.
I don’t doubt that being a Cheerleader is a dangerous sport. Thank Goodness it is a contact sport as my daughter is a flyer. So somebody better be there to catch her or somebody will be catching something.
But then again, she has me for a father so she did learn how to survive and . . . .
this just in… cheerleading is also the hottest sport. runners up were…… nobody.
I have been trying to stay in “shape” and I got this excersise tape to workout with.
I have been trying these moves for about a week and I think they
sent me the wrong excersise tape.Am I wrong?
eniobob,
If you’re happy with yourself, next time someone tells you to get “in shape”, remind them that round is a shape too.
Buddha:
I knew those words of wisdom would flow from you,ROFLMAO!!
No eniobob,
That’s Richard Simmons. No mistake on your part.
Buddha,
LOL
Sorry to say AY, but I think this is awful because I think that cheer leading is a ridiculous pastime and the fact that so many injuries occur is tragic. Then too I can remember back when I was a tall, chubby, uncoordinated kid in High School having to do gymnastics. I was forced to jump a “horse” once off of a springboard, hit it with my feet a headed head first towards the mat, when the two spotters grabbed me a foot from the flood. Probably would have broken my neck. I’m not a protectionist when it comes to kids, well maybe a little, but I know that kids playing football, rugby, baseball and even soccer at least can expect some danger. Cheer leading please.
That GW Bush was a college cheerleader says much about him and the “sport.”
Not to mention the number of psychological injuries cheerleaders must endure!
eniobob,
No, I that *is* the correct exercise video for you except that they gave you the “wong” language. You have most likely not understood the instructions and with the new English language vid, you will be the ‘red-shirted’ guy in 2 weeks or less. Do post your video results of your progress here.
What a beautiful display of that which a human body is capable. Thanks for the video.
My wife is one of the top gymnastic coaches in Florida if not the country. Over the last 18 years she’s had 15 girls get full ride scholarships to major universities such as, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Alabama. She’s had one kid make it to the Olympic Training Center but do to injury failed to qualify.
Her and her ex-husband own/owned together 5 facilities. Two had the same name but were different S-Corps. One day an ex-employee who’s wife still worked at one of those facilities was there to pick his wife up. He took it upon himself to go to the tumble track and was trying to execute a particular skill. He landed on his head, broke his neck and was paralyzed from the neck down.
He decided to file suit against both facilities because the names were the same. The defense was that my wife’s facility was a different S-Corp and should be excluded from the suit. However because of a yellow page ad that listed the address for both facilities, the judge denied the motion. Eventually the suit was settled out of court and the insurance company for my wife’s paid the max of her liability policy even though the suit was a multi million dollar suit. Shortly after the payout he died of pneumonia.
Cheerleading and Gymnastics are very dangerous sports. One has to wonder about the male/female part of injury whereas a male gets injured and is probaly told to suck it up, whereas a female may report a broken fingernail.
“One has to wonder about the male/female part of injury whereas a male gets injured and is probaly told to suck it up, whereas a female may report a broken fingernail.”
Wow bd, that is condescending and just plain ignorant.
sorry you feel that way Cara but I’m around my wifes gym alot. My point is women for the most part get more emotional about injuries. How many times have we heard of a football player finishing the game only to find out how bad the injury really was. A classic example is Byron Leftwhich who finished the game on a broken leg.
Date: Nov. 2, 2002
Situation: Marshall at Akron.
Injury: Broken left tibia.
Result: Byron Leftwich went to the hospital for X-rays in the first quarter of a scoreless game. By the time he came back, Marshall trailed 27-10 midway through the third quarter. Leftwich threw for 208 yards the rest of the way but his rally fell short as Akron held on for a 34-20 victory. The outcome of the game, however, long has been forgotten. The enduring image from that night was Leftwich being carried downfield by offensive linemen Steve Sciullo and Steve Perretta after a 41-yard completion to wideout Darius Watts in the fourth quarter and several other big plays.
However not to be out done
Date: July 23, 1996
Situation: Olympic team gymnastics competition, Georgia Dome
Injury: Torn ligaments in left ankle.
Result: Keri Strug botched her first vault, scoring a measly 9.162 and busting up her ankle on the landing. The pain was significant, but the 4-foot-9, 87-pound gymnast somehow mustered up the courage to run down the ramp and perform one of the most difficult moves in women’s gymnastics — the twisting Yurchenko. The score was a 9.712, enough to hold off the Russians and earn the U.S. its first ever team gymnastics gold medal
FormerFed:
Thanks,LOL!!
67 serious injuries out of 103.
“This represents over seventy percent of injuries or deaths among female athletes.”
No it doesn’t. It represents 65%. Good article, bad arithmetic?
all this is total wrestling should be #1 were just to tuff to admit were injured
total bull
he is right u know
bd is also right im also glad to hear that dumb son !@#$ died
and cara shut up