Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders ‘excited over the future’ after 400% wage increase (exclusive)

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders looking forward to their future with the organization after receiving a 400% increase in compensation.

The second season of docusaeries America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys CheerleadersThe Which is now flowing on Netflix, Cheerleader’s struggle for fair compensation was at the forefront of the show. At the end of the season, women receive an increase in wages by 400% for the 2025 season.

According to NBC SportsThe cheerleaders had earned $ 15 to $ 20 per hour or $ 500 per match, which made its annual salary about $ 75,000, while NFL Cheerleaders usually earn about $ 150 per match, with an average annual salary of about $ 22,500.

Jada McLean tells people how she and her co -dancers reacted to seeing their struggle for fair salary playing on the screen. “I feel that the story was told very well and accurately,” says McLean, 22, people at Netflix’s headquarters in Los Angeles, along with his teammates Charly Barby, Armani Latimer and Kelly Villares.

“We had many discussions that I know with the leaders and within the team about how we wanted to do it, and I feel that the show represented it very well, and we actually come to a resolution at the end of the show as well,” says McLean, adding that she and the other DCC ladies are “all quite excited about the future.”

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McLean still says that the NFL organization of $ 10 billion is aware that further changes are being made to be made in view of the DCC dancers’ demand. “I think in all organizations there is always room for growth, and I think changes happen over time. I think our organization is receptive to all this, and they understand that there are things that need to change,” McLean tells People.

Program Director Kelli Finger ice cream and main choreographer Judy Trammell agrees with McLean. “I think we as coaches are happy that the improvements were made and our cheerleaders are happy and a happy team is a productive team, and I am very proud of their value and their value and how they feel for their role in it and how they stood up for it,” says Trammel, 67.

She and finger ice cream are both “proud” of their dancers to “come up and ask for some changes,” says the long DCC choreographer. “And they were happy about it, so it was a win-win for everyone, I think,” Trammell adds.

In addition to fair compensation, the dancers also say the cowboys organization offers them sufficient mental health resources. “They do it through the cowboys,” McLean says. “And also, we are all really close as teammates, and I know that if someone goes through something, they have 35 other girls to talk to, and we are the kind of people who want to get our teammates to get help if there is something they need.”

McLean adds, “I don’t think it’s even a topic that is Hushhush in our dressing room. I think we’re really open to it.”

Latimer, whose journey with alopecia is documented in the show’s second season, adds, “and you have to remember, we see each other every day pretty much. So if someone comes in and they seem a bit of, we will not notice and we will pull them aside and talk to them and say:” Hello, what is happening today? Something you need to talk about? “So I think we’re pretty good at doing it.”