Cheerleader Fails (VIDEO)

Don't let the short skirts and the wide smiles fool you, cheerleading is serious business. Between the more acrobatic elements of the sport and the proximity to high-speed action on the playing field, there are plenty of ways that even the best laid routines can go awry.

From innocent foul ups to potentially dangerous drops, here are some remarkable cheerleader fails.

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Comments

[emkrum]

04:33 AM on 01/30/2012

How can anyone watch this and not be concerned about the girls safety? This is serious. I was a cheerleader for ten years, watching noses get broken and girls not remembering the past week from falling on their head's. This is wrong, sexist, and sad. The media has nothing better to put on a homepage than girls breaking their necks? I'm sure that they would love to know that a major media site publicized their injuries and that they have thousands of people laughing at them. Way to go HuffPost, next time find a story worth someones time.

[wheelzroller]

08:38 AM on 01/25/2012

I'm a big cheerleader fan. What is not to like ? Pretty girls in short skirts . Now that is a Sport. !

I hope that those girls in the clip were not injured.

[DaniFoxy]

08:18 AM on 01/25/2012

Hmmm... meh

[Sockme]

06:50 AM on 01/25/2012

Strangely arousing.

[ZonaCumia]

06:09 AM on 01/25/2012

That last one wasnt a fail. That was just funny.

[sheoples]

03:50 AM on 01/25/2012

more infotainment

[Noble]

03:29 AM on 01/25/2012

huffpo fail.

[kmeccat]

12:47 AM on 01/25/2012

OMG!
Are those girls ok?
The girl that landed on her head doing a backflip and the one that got dropped on the hardwood floor are VERY lucky if they avoided serious injury!
And the cheerleader that got kicked in the head by the girl doing back handsprings--ouch!
Yikes!!

[Thankgoodness]

12:09 AM on 01/25/2012

OUCH!

[Jason Blevins]

12:04 AM on 01/25/2012

Those girls deserve credit. They should be in pads with mats down.

[sixletters]

12:00 AM on 01/25/2012

Some of those looked like they really hurt.

[Miss Betty Blue]

11:38 PM on 01/24/2012

Not funny, at all.

[KIVPossum]

10:39 PM on 01/24/2012

Watching girls get hurt is fun for people?

[PhineasGage730]

11:42 PM on 01/24/2012

That's sexist.

[KIVPossum]

01:18 AM on 01/25/2012

What is? Watching girls get hurt or not watching them get hurt?

[contrail]

08:17 AM on 01/25/2012

What's that old saying about slapstick...if I slip on a banana peel it's tragedy, if you slip on one, it's comedy...r somethin'

[June25]

08:50 PM on 01/24/2012

Finally cleaning out Keith Obermanns film valt at MSNBC?

[captainindustry]

11:35 PM on 01/23/2012

ha ha ha. real funny.

Make it a sport. Insist on qualified coaches. There have been WAY tooo many serious accidents.