If you're talking statistics, nothing comes close to the carnage reaped on those cute little girls and boys in skirts:
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The new numbers are for the 26-year period from the fall of 1982 through the spring of 2008:
- There were 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. College sports accounted for 22 fatalities, 63 non-fatal injuries and 126 serious injuries.
- Cheerleading accounted for 65.2 percent of high school and 70.5 percent of college catastrophic injuries among all female sports.
Perhaps Steve House and Dean Potter should start growing some cajones and get out Cheer. "You know it, you tell the story, you tell the whole damn world this is alpine climbing territory!" Via
LiveScience.
