Many cheerleading companies offer cheer camps and maintain competitive cheer squads. Likewise, some cheerleading businesses sell cheer supplies, such as pom-poms, cheer uniforms and shoes.

I used to think cheerleaders would just show up at games in their uniforms, cheer on their teams and do a dance routine every now and then. Boy was I ever wrong.

On Wednesday, it was announced that the "world’s first" professional cheerleading league will launch next year. The aptly-named Pro Cheer League will be ...