It's Time for the NFL to Stop Exploiting Cheerleaders

  • af: Rebecca G.
  • mottagare: Roger Goodell, commissioner, the National Football League (NFL)
The day that football fans across the country have been waiting for has finally arrived. On Thursday, September 6, the National Football League (NFL) will kick off its 99th season.

While the season will most certainly deliver some riveting games, many of us are more interested in seeing whether this will finally be the season that the NFL stops exploiting its cheerleaders.

Sign now to demand that the NFL support equal pay for all of its cheerleaders.

In recent years, several lawsuits and damning media reports have exposed the highly toxic environment NFL cheerleaders endure. For starters, cheerleaders are vastly underpaid and many work-related activities remain uncompensated. Taking into consideration practice hours, many cheerleaders earn as little as $2.75 an hour. That doesn't even include time spent exercising, taking dance classes, and getting hair and makeup styling — which are all paid for by the cheerleaders themselves.

But it's not just time spent prepping for the field; cheerleaders are often expected to attend demeaning and exploitive social events without pay. During a calendar photo shoot in Costa Rica, cheerleaders for the Washington Redskins reported that they were required to be topless for portions of the shoot while an all-male group of sponsors were invited to watch. Then later that night, they were required to act as personal escorts and entertainment for the men at a nightclub. None of this time was compensated.

The NFL has responsibility to all of its athletes, and that includes its cheerleaders. Please sign this petition, and together let's urge the NFL to stop exploiting and demeaning cheerleaders and ensure fair, equal pay.

Photo credit: Keith Allison / Flickr
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