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Then the key is whether you define it as a sport or as an art piece.
As a sport, there is no such issue.
As a art piece, there is.

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Poms is both and I think that’s what people don’t understand. Dance is a sport and just as physically demanding as any mcps sports but its also still dance.[/quote]

I don't see a problem when the purpose of the activity is to show how good you do it rather that how original the design is.

Examples include: figure skating, violin competition, etc.

For any of these "art/music" activities, people would not care if the performer really "designed" (or, "wrote", "produced") the piece.

If, of course, you attend a class for music composition, then it matters.

Poms are clearly not the latter.
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The teams are score partially on creativity. During competition season, the squads are suppose to compose a original routine 4-6 minutes. They’re not just showing “ how good” they perform the dance moves, they’re showing the panel of judges how they think as artist and choreographers. If Whitman stole another teams hard work and vision then yes they’re stealing. Stop using “ They’re just kids.” excuse. We should teach our kids that copying and pasting someone’s routine is wrong. I don’t understand why Whitman squad would even do this. If they all put in hard work then they probably would’ve still placed.[/quote]

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