AM: Do Cheerers Need Safety Rules?

a cheerleader from Nampa High School is thrown into the air as the cheer squad practices their stunts before a game in Nampa. In a new policy statement released online today in the journal Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics says school sports associations should designate cheerleading as a sport, and make it subject to safety rules and better supervision. MedPage Today story here. (Idaho Press-Tribune file photo: Charlie Litchfield)

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Question: Should cheerleading be designated as a sport, subject to safety rules and better supervision?