FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders say they’re getting a severe improve in pay.
One of many cheerleaders has stated through the second season of the Netflix collection “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders” that the members are getting a 400% enhance in pay.
The cheerleaders have been pushing for pay will increase for years. In 2019, the Cowboys settled a lawsuit with a former cheerleader that led to the squad doubling the per-game pay, from $200 to $400. The newest elevate is 4 occasions that.
“Our efforts have been heard they usually wished to offer us a elevate,” four-year veteran Megan McElaney stated on the present. “And we ended up getting a 400% improve, which is like, life-changing.”
Based on ESPN, the Cowboys agreed to pay 4 cheerleaders a complete of $2.4 million 9 years in the past to settle claims by the ladies that the staff’s longtime public relations chief, Wealthy Dalrymple, filmed them within the dressing room.
Dalrymple denied the claims, and the membership stated its investigation discovered no wrongdoing by him. Dalrymple retired not lengthy earlier than the settlement turned public in 2022.
The Cowboys have been essentially the most beneficial professional sports activities staff on the planet for nearly a decade, in accordance with Forbes journal. That quantity was $10.1 billion in rankings printed late final yr.
“Completely satisfied’ is not even the appropriate phrase for it,” former cheerleader Jada McLean stated on the present. “I believe I used to be simply … form of felt, like, a aid, like all the pieces had paid off. And it was, you recognize, lastly, we have been accomplished combating.”
