
After decades of performing for one of the NFL’s most valuable franchises while earning less-than-glamorous wages, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have secured a 400% pay raise. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The wage increase is revealed at the conclusion of the second season of “America’s Sweethearts,” the hit Netflix docuseries that follows the iconic team of dancers from auditions to the end of the NFL season.
Main Idea: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders won a major pay raise after years of low wages and public pressure, with the change highlighted in Netflix’s “America’s Sweethearts.”
Key Points:
Higher pay for Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders may slightly raise costs for the team and related products, though the effect on most households should be small.
The raise could help show that skilled performers deserve better pay, which may support fairer wages for other workers.
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Primary subject of the article; the team’s successful push for higher pay is the central news event.
Employer and franchise that granted the cheerleaders’ raise; central to the pay dispute.
Former cheerleader who led the effort for higher pay and is a key source on the change.
Platform for the docuseries that brought renewed attention to the cheerleaders’ compensation.
Cowboys executive who comments on public criticism of cheerleader pay.
Former cheerleader whose earlier lawsuit helped drive prior pay increases.
Veteran cheerleader quoted about the team’s frustration and pay fight.
Cheerleader who says the raises secured the team’s effort; appears in the finale discussion.
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Head choreographer mentioned in the discussion of outside careers.
Former cheerleader mentioned in comparison about low pay in the show.
Cheerleaders’ director mentioned in the discussion of outside careers.