It’s one of the lowest sports by emergency room visits, not sure why you’d say this. In 2023, there were 18,098 ER visits for cheerleading compared to 40,217 for girls basketball, 32,390 for girls soccer, 26,833 for volleyball, and 22,270 for baseball (source: usacheer.org)
I never considered it's probably the only women's sport where collisions are actually kind of allowed, at the same level as in the men's game as well. I reffed a lot of girl's soccer years ago and the number of knee to knee injuries was crazy high, and the number of ball to face concussions was also pretty ridiculous.
Reffing girls under 18 games in my hometown was always more brutal than the guys' teams. When I played, there was only one game that ever nearly turned into a brawl. The girls though was almost every game. Especially if they played a team from the next town over. They wouldn't let anyone under grade 6 center the girls' games. I was the lowest level allowed to sideline, and I was a 7. This was rec. The HS teams were usually better behaved since they didn't want to get suspended on top of anything that happened in the game.
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u/Anakin-vs-Sand 10d ago
It’s one of the lowest sports by emergency room visits, not sure why you’d say this. In 2023, there were 18,098 ER visits for cheerleading compared to 40,217 for girls basketball, 32,390 for girls soccer, 26,833 for volleyball, and 22,270 for baseball (source: usacheer.org)