Editing Cheerleading (section)

===Professional===
[[File:Pro Bowl 2006 cheerleaders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|NFL Cheerleaders at the [[2006 Pro Bowl]].]]

Professional cheerleaders and dancers cheer for sports such as [[football]], [[basketball]], [[baseball]], [[wrestling]], [[hockey]], [[association football]], [[rugby football]], [[lacrosse]], and [[cricket]]. There are only a small handful of professional cheerleading leagues around the world; some professional leagues include the [[National Basketball Association Cheerleading|NBA Cheerleading League]], the [[National Football League Cheerleading|NFL Cheerleading League]], the [[CFL]] Cheerleading League, the [[MLS]] Cheerleading League, the [[MLB]] Cheerleading League, and the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] Ice Girls. Although professional cheerleading leagues exist in multiple countries, there are no [[Olympic Games|Olympic teams]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cheer teams to provide crowd support only at winter olympics |website=usacheer.org |url=https://www.usacheer.org/winter-olympics |date=2018-01-23|access-date=2018-02-14|archive-date=2018-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215083623/https://www.usacheer.org/winter-olympics|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to cheering at games and competing, professional cheerleaders often do a lot of [[philanthropy]] and [[Charitable trust|charity work]], [[model (person)|modeling]], [[Motivational speaker|motivational speaking]], [[reality television|television performances]], and [[advertising]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}