Cheerleaders Have you ever sat and watched a football game and saw cheerleaders. Ever consider what they were doing an actual sport? Many people's answers to this question are porbably no, but in this essay I am going to explain why these people are wrong! According to the dictionary sport is defined as any recreational activity requiring bodily exertion. This is something cheerleaders definatly do! They are required to run, lift,stunt, and still keep a smile on their face while preforming. They sweat just like in other sport. At our schools when they assigned a student to be in Cheerleading class they put it down as Recreation.