Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' Netflix Documentary America’s Sweethearts Get a Sweet Pay Raise — After Decades of Pom-Poverty For decades, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were paid in hugs, glitter, and the vague promise of exposure. But now, thanks to a Netflix documentary and a society that finally realized cheerleaders have knees too, they’ve secured a 400% raise. Let that sink in: four hundred percent. It’s the financial equivalent of turning a Hot Pocket into a Michelin star meal. Or a Toyota Corolla into an emotional support yacht. These women, revered as America’s Sweethearts, were paid less than the guy who sells peanuts in Row 37. And this isn’t just a case of underappreciation — this is a full-blown economic sitcom, starring the NFL, capitalism, and several gallons of industrial-strength body shimmer. The Mascot Made More Than the Humans For years, Dallas Cowboys mascot “Rowdy” — a man dressed as a cowboy with a fixed smile and an even more fixed income — was pulling in mor...