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Did the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Really Get a 400% Pay Raise? And Whether Netflix’s ‘America’s Sweethearts’ Made a Difference in the Negotiations
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders fought for a 400% pay raise on the Netflix series 'America's Sweethearts.' DCC vet Jada explains what that means.
The new episodes follow as a handful of veteran cheerleaders on the 36-member squad, including Jada McLean, Armani Latimer, Amanda Howard and Megan McElaney, confront the issue head-on, reaching out to the Cowboys organization early in the season to negotiate their contracts. It’s been a tender and tough experience, McLean, a five-year veteran of the squad who retired after the 2024 season, tells Variety over a video call on Monday, after the world learned the cheerleaders’ big news when the episodes began streaming on Netflix. They were very emotional and sometimes we had to tell them information that was our reality but wasn’t easy to share, so I don’t think we knew what to expect coming in,” McLean says, recalling the moment they found out their efforts had been successful.
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