What "They Say"

Article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-cheerleading-sport-quinnipiac-university-squad-title-ix/story?id=11219913


    U.S. District Judge Underhill ruled that competitive cheerleading is not a sport. He stated that it is too "underdeveloped and disorganized to be treated as offering genuine varsity athletic opportunities for students" due to the fact that it does not meet perquisites to actually be called a "sport." I feel that this argument is more of an opinion, which is why it has become so controversial. What does he mean by "underdeveloped and disorganized"? I feel that if he cleared that up through the media, this topic of discussion wouldn't be so touchy for most people. 
    On the other hand,  Mary Jo Kane, director of the Tucker Center for Girls and Women in Sports at the University of Minnesota, disagrees when she writes, "How would people react if the school cut a men's sport like baseball or lacrosse and used those funds for a male cheerleading squad?" Obviously, she supports the consideration of cheerleading as a national sport. She also states that "it's a question of equality." In other words, she is saying that because Underhill declined cheerleading as a sport, the members of the team (the women) cannot be known as athletes. This is where things get a bit heated, for the act of discrimination comes into play. And well.. that's where this argument begins to get very controversial!