The NFL's Undervalued And Underpaid Cheerleaders Get a Spotlight in A Woman's Work
by Hazel Cills on The Muse, shared by Tom Ley to Dead from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4E9FE)
In 2014, an Oakland Raiders cheerleader named Lacy T. filed a lawsuit against her team, claiming wage-theft. Her yearly salary was $1,250, just $5 an hour, and that's not including all the out-of-pocket expenses she and other cheerleaders were responsible for, including hair and makeup that must follow handbook"