In the year 2017-2018 cheerleading will be promoted to CIF. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) was created in 1914 and it controls high school sports. CIF is aims to create rules as well as foster student growth in values and ethics. CIF includes both public and private high schools. Instead of a single state-wide championship for all sports, each section of CIF has their own championships.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 949 on Wednesday that will classify cheerleading as a competitive CIF sport. As a result guidelines must be developed for competitive cheer programs that can be implemented by high schools.
Since it’s existence cheer has not been recognized, so why did it take this long? Especially since cheerleading is the No. 1 female sport and No. 2 in catastrophic injuries. Dance and sand volleyball are still on the list to advance to the next round of CIF.
