I would like to comment on the show that aired on 5/27/09 and the danmgers of cheerleading. Both of my daughters have been cheerleaders and both have suffered injuries  I am thankful nothing too serious. A lot of the injuries come from the coaches pushing the girls too far or the girls pushing themselves too far. This is where parents need to step in and excersise your voice and slow it down. If you are there as a parent and seeing what they are doing and you do nothing you have no one else to blame but yourself if your daughter gets injuried.

On another note  you commented that cheerleading is nothing like it use to be with jumps and baton twirling. You really might want to check out what baton twirling is like now a days it is nothing like it use to be. I have seen girls suffer life long injuries from twirling and there are some diffrent asspects of the injuries the twirlers suffer. My duaghter is a competitive twirler along with being a coach and I think you should pay attention to what these girls do along with what the cheerleaders are doing and don't try to make it sound like they do nothing