CHEERLEADER MADE COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
CLAIMS. >> CHEERLEADERS OR FORMER
CHEERLEADERS ARE NOT GOING TO
SUFFER IN SILENCE ANYMORE.
>> FOUR OF THE CHEERLEADERS ARE
WITH US. AINSLEY PARISH, HANNAH TURNBOW,
AND ATTORNEY JOINS US, AS WELL.
YOU TALK ABOUT A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.UT A HOSTILE WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
HOW WERE YOU TREATED?
>> ITS VERY, VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY
BODY-SHAME YOU TO YOUR FACE. THEY BODY SHAME YOU.UR FACE.
THEY BODY SHAME YOU. THEY ARE EXTREMELY BULLYING
TACTICS.
TACTICS.
AND THEY INSTILL A FEAR IN YOU THAT THEY HOLD YOUR ENTIRE YOU
THAT THEY HOLD YOUR ENTIRE SUCCESS AND OPPORTUNITY IN THEIR
HANDS.
HANDS.
ANYTHING YOU DO OR SPEAK UP AGAINST THEM, YOU JUST -- YOURE
LEARNED AND TAUGHT NOT TO.
>> BODY-SHAME, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
MEAN?
WHAT WORDS WOULD THEY USE?
>> FAT, SKINNY. >> SKINNY-FAT..
>> SKINNY-FAT. >> ALL OF THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE A
LOT.
LOT.
THE NFL MAKES A TON OF MONEY.
THE PLAYERS MAKE A TON OF MONEY. BETTING IS NOW GOING TO BEMONEY.
BETTING IS NOW GOING TO BE LEAGUE.
LEAGUE.
ITS AWASH IN MONEY. YOU MAKE $7.25 AN HOUR.
WHY TAKE A JOB THAT PAYS $7.25
AN HOUR?
AN HOUR?
>> I THINK WHEN YOU GO INTO IT,
THERES A LOT OF -- YOU -- I DONT KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
YOU KNOW ITS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
TO GET INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.
THEY MAKE IT SEEM LIKE ITS A
DREAM ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU DONT SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING AND THINK IT WAS GOING TO BECOME
WHAT IT WAS.
>> ESPECIALLY FOR YOU. >> YES.CIALLY FOR YOU.
>> YES. >> YOU DESCRIBE A TIME WHEN THEY
WOULD HAVE THE CHEERLEADERS GO
UP IN THE STANDS WITH THE FANS
AND INTERACT.
AND INTERACT. AND AT ONE POINT, A FAN PUT HIS
HAND ON YOU.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT HAPPENED? >> YES.
>> YES. I WAS FILMING FOR JUMBOTRON.
WE DO GIVEAWAYS IN THE STANDS.
WE HAVE A SAFE WORD, TORO.
AND A FAN WAS RUNNING UP THE
STANDS AT ME AND I WAS SAYING
WHERE IS TORO?
DOES ANYONE SEE TORO?
AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING.
BY THE TIME HE GOT TO ME, HE PUT
HIS HANDS BETWEEN MY COLLAR BONE
AND SHOULDER AND PULLED ME DOWN.
I ASKED, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
HE SAID, IM TRYING TO HUG YOU.
WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT
PLACE AND DID ANOTHER APPEARANCE.ID ANOTHER
APPEARANCE.
>> THE TEXANS DID SAY THEY
STOPPED HAVING CHEERLEADERS GO
OUT AND INTO THE STANDS AFTER
THE INCIDENT WITH YOU. WHAT ABOUT THE PAY ISSUE?
AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM YOUR
LAWSUIT, ITS NOT JUST THAT THE
PAY IS LOW, THAT YOU PRESUMABLY
KNEW WHEN YOU SIGNED UP FOR IT.
BUT YOU WERENT PAID WHEN YOU
WORKED.
WORKED.
IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? >> YEAH.WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YEAH.
I DIDNT KNOW, NECESSARILY, WHAT
THEY WERE DOING WAS ILLEGAL, AS
FAR AS NOT PAYING US FOR CERTAIN
THINGS.
THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US
BECAUSE WERE YOUNG AND WOMEN, JUST TO ACCEPT THAT THERESEN,
JUST TO ACCEPT THAT THERES CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO
PAY OUT OF POCKET.
>> WHEN THEY SEE CHEERLEADERS,
THEY THINK, THEY HAVE FUN AND
DANCE.
DANCE. THERES A REAL TRAINING REGIMEN
THAT GOES INTO THIS.
THIS ISNT, YOU SHOW UP AND PUT
ON A ROUTINE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF ALL OF THIS,
WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN.
WE HAVE SOMETHING SO MUCH MORE
TO OFFER.
TO OFFER.
THIS TAKES YEARS OF PRACTICING. IVE BEEN DANCING SINCE I WAS 4.
IVE BEEN DANCING SINCE I WAS 4 YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. WHEN YOU THINK OF NFL
CHEERLEADING OR ANY CHEERLEADERS
ALLOWED AS PART OF THE TEAM.
ITS THE ELITE LEVEL OF DANCING
AND CHEERING, EVERYTHING WE
WANTED AND TRAPINED FOR FOR OUR
WHOLE LIVES.
WHOLE LIVES.
THERES A LOT OF TRAINING AND
PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO IT.
ONCE YOURE PART OF IT, YOU
EXPECT THE GREAT THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE
DISAPPOINTED THROUGHOUT THAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> GLORIA, WHAT DO YOU LOOK TO
GET OUT OF THE LAWSUIT. IT DOESNT PAID A LOT.T.
IT DOESNT PAID A LOT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE GETTING PAID.OU KNOW WHAT YOURE GETTING
PAID.
>> THEYRE NOT TOLD WHAT THEYRE GOING TO BE PAID UNTIL THEYREE
GOING TO BE PAID UNTIL THEYRE SELECTED OUT OF THE MORE OF A
THOUSAND THAT TRY OUT AND ABOUT
TO SIGN THE CONTRACT.
BUT THEYRE PAID MINIMUM WAGE, $7.25 FOR MAXIMUM EFFORT.AGE,
$7.25 FOR MAXIMUM EFFORT. AS YOU POINTED OUT THEYRE NOT
PAID FOR QUITE A BIT OF THE WORK
THEY DO.
THEY DO.
THEYRE NOT PAID FOR MANY OF THE PRACTICES. PAID FOR MANY OF THE
PRACTICES.
AND THEYRE NOT REIMBURSED FOR MANY OF THE EXPENSES.RSED FOR
MANY OF THE EXPENSES. THEYRE BEING CHEATED OUT OF
THAT MINIMUM WAGE OF THAT $7.25.
AND THIS SO-CALLED ADJUSTMENT
THAT THE NFL SAID THEYRE
MAKING, THEY DIDNT GET SECURITY
WHEN THEY WENT OUT FOR
APPEARANCES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE NFL MAKES A LOT OF MONEY
FROM THIS CHEERLEADER PACKAGE,
SENDING SOME OF THE CHEERLEADERS
TO SOME OF THE HIGH-END SUITES.
THE FANS PAY FOR THAT.
THEYRE ONLY GETTING $7.25.
THATS UNFAIR.
THATS UNFAIR.
WERE GOING TO DELIVER A LETTER TO THE NFL OFFICE TODAY AND ASK
THE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER
ROGER GOODELL, TO REALLY MAKE
CHANGES IN ALL OF THIS BECAUSE
THIS IS UNFAIR TO THESE YOUNG
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
THIS IS SEX DISCRIMINATION AND ITS TIME FOR THERE TO BEON AND
ITS TIME FOR THERE TO BE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY.
>> OUT OF TIME.