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[3kings]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I don't get why people are making a big deal out of this. Working in a sub shop is a hell of a lot more work than cheer leading and it takes you about 7 hours to make $50 there. Why is there a backlash against the NFL for wages paid to cheerleaders but not a backlash against Subway? As long as they are paying minimum wage and there are people willing to cheer lead for $50 a game then who really cares?

I don't really care either but a lot of practice goes into these cheer leading squads. When you total in the hours spent vs. compensation the Cheerleaders are paid worse than the Subway workers. That being said I agree with the Steelers and a few other traditional teams that don't have cheerleaders. Let the product stand on its own, if the team is good enough people will attend. Pro Hockey and basketball have become less enjoyable to me because in between whistles, teams feel a need to provide constant entertainment. While I'm ranting........you HAVE TO SHORTEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALFTIMES, it's getting ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by 3kings

I don't really care either but a lot of practice goes into these cheer leading squads. When you total in the hours spent vs. compensation the Cheerleaders are paid worse than the Subway workers. That being said I agree with the Steelers and a few other traditional teams that don't have cheerleaders. Let the product stand on its own, if the team is good enough people will attend. Pro Hockey and basketball have become less enjoyable to me because in between whistles, teams feel a need to provide constant entertainment. While I'm ranting........you HAVE TO SHORTEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALFTIMES, it's getting ridiculous.

I can say for fact that she dedicated a lot of time to the games and the deal of being a Colts Cheerleader.

In fact I would say she put in more then 40 hours a week for no pay. She was an intern at the comapny I worked for in Indy at the time and was usually on the job at least 3 days a week 8 hours a shot. She also was a full time college student. She also was an Indianalpois Colts Cheerleader. Again, this was 2001 / 2002 era.

Many, many a day she would tell me she had practice and then class or vice versa.