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Ex-Cowboys Cheerleader Sues Team; Claims Mascot Earned More Money
SI ^ | June 13, 2018 | Scooby Axson

Posted on 06/13/2018 7:01:28 AM PDT by C19fan

A former cheerleader for Dallas Cowboys sued the team this week, saying that the team mascot made more than she did.

Erica Wilkins filed a suit in U.S. District Court for Northern District of Texas on Tuesday, and alleges that the Cowboys failed to pay her minimum wage and overtime and that she made a quarter of what the mascot made.

Wilkins says the team violated The Equal Pay Act and Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks "other available damages."

(Excerpt) Read more at si.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: cheerleader; cheerleaders; erica; erin; football; nfl
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To: Dilbert San Diego
What’s with all these NFL cheerleader lawsuits recently? And I understand Gloria Allred is involved in at least one of them

If Gloria was for real, she would be taking Disney to court on Roseanne Barr's behalf for sex discrimination. A company cannot hire a man who tweets profane insults toward public figures one week, and then fire a woman for doing the same the next week.

21 posted on 06/13/2018 7:27:04 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: C19fan
T&A will get you just so far. Mascots actually demonstrate real skills... 😂
22 posted on 06/13/2018 7:28:52 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: Spok

Compete for a job that has low pay, then complain about the pay.


Yep. Most strippers are at least planning to go to med school or study to become nuclear physicists. At least that’s what I’ve been told.


23 posted on 06/13/2018 7:29:01 AM PDT by boycott
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To: C19fan
NFL cheerleadersstrippers have become more trouble....

The denver donkies got rid of their cheerleaders after a prostitution scam many years ago.

24 posted on 06/13/2018 7:30:19 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Lazamataz

I’m pretty sure they accept the “low” compensation in “exchange” for the massive publicity and resume builder that might possibly get them in the door for a future interview for something that pays more.


25 posted on 06/13/2018 7:31:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dfwgator

Send in the (unarmed) fembots!


26 posted on 06/13/2018 7:31:47 AM PDT by wally_bert (This is the message phone company. I see youÂ’re using our unit, now how about paying for it?)
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To: C19fan

I tend to agree. A few women are working double time to make female models, spokespeople, etc unemployable. #OhGodNowYouToo?


27 posted on 06/13/2018 7:32:56 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
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To: C19fan

She is correct.

Mascots can earn up to 6 figures.

That is because their jobs are more physically stressful, and the competition is more fierce. On top of that, some mascots are a major part of the team ID, and thus are more important to the brand image.


28 posted on 06/13/2018 7:35:05 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: C19fan

The biggest idiot in this case is the lawyer who took it.


29 posted on 06/13/2018 7:38:56 AM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: C19fan

No sympathy. The got their jobs for the bodies, many sought long term MRS. Failure at this is not our problem. They accepted a salary for the job, bet there are lots of other women vying for the same jobs. If they didn’t like the terms, they could have found work elsewhere. I’m not a fan of cheerleaders, nor of the NFL, but I think these sour grapes law suits and complaints are frivilous.


30 posted on 06/13/2018 7:39:44 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Red Badger
You were offered the job at a given rate. You accepted. End of story
What? Gorgeous, high maintenance women aren't be rational? Never seen that happen before. ;-)
31 posted on 06/13/2018 7:39:54 AM PDT by neefer (We're walking real proud and we're talking real loud again.)
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To: Lazamataz

Sure, but you could buy a girl with boobs after that.


32 posted on 06/13/2018 7:40:17 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: C19fan

I had a DCC as an employee once. She was a PITA.


33 posted on 06/13/2018 7:41:18 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: dfwgator

I’d hit it like Randy White and Too Tall Jones hitting Terry Bradshaw


34 posted on 06/13/2018 7:41:20 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: boycott

That’s why I stopped dating strippers when I was younger. As soon as they got their doctorate I suddenly wasn’t good enough for them anymore.


35 posted on 06/13/2018 7:43:21 AM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: dfwgator

The sooner the better.


36 posted on 06/13/2018 7:43:42 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: C19fan

Not all of them are. Green Bay Packers use cheerleaders from two nearby colleges. UW Green Bay and St Norbert’s


37 posted on 06/13/2018 7:44:10 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: C19fan
I remember when Playboy used to get NFL cheerleaders to pose nude. Too bad they stopped that before Sam Boik came along:


38 posted on 06/13/2018 7:45:05 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: real saxophonist

That was when Playboy featured women...


39 posted on 06/13/2018 7:51:45 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: VanDeKoik

The san Diego chicken was worth every penny.


40 posted on 06/13/2018 8:13:36 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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