Tidbit from the New York Times cheerleader story

[Mr. Scot]

 

Right now, loads of guys are reading this and saying, "That was an option?"

[countryboi]

this is going to blow up in the NFLs face, they better get out in front of this because right now its an easy fix. 

[t96]

What’s the problem?

[RetiredCollegeCoach]

1 hour ago, countryboi said:

this is going to blow up in the NFLs face, they better get out in front of this because right now its an easy fix. 

Very well put.

[Paa Langfart]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

Right now, loads of guys are reading this and saying, "That was an option?"

$7200 for dancing cheerleaders?  That aint an option for me.

[panthers55]

The fix is going to be simple just do away with them completely. Saves money and hassle. 

[tondi]

Better come with BJs for that kind of cash. 

[RetiredCollegeCoach]

1 minute ago, t96 said:

What’s the problem?

Let me stop you because I think I've heard this before:

"Everyone involved did everything by their own choice. This was free economic activity among consenting adults. No one was forced at gunpoint to do any of these. All parties involved were entering into economic arrangements with full consent, and it is no one's business to interfere with the workings of the market."

The same glib freshman-level economic analysis that can be used to justify everything from sharecropping to indentured servitude to organ auctions. (And yes, NFL cheerleading is a fair sight better than any of those.) As the kids say, miss me with that.

When you charge $1200 to the client and pay the worker $100, there is a problem.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

The fix is going to be simple just do away with them completely. Saves money and hassle. 

Good luck with that idea.

[RetiredCollegeCoach]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

The fix is going to be simple just do away with them completely. Saves money and hassle. 

This 100%, as before.

If we don't do that, though, it's time to make them real employees and treat them decently.

No more of this halfway sh*t.

Decide whether or not cheerleaders are worth the while. Pay them fairly if so, disband if not.

[panthers55]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Good luck with that idea.

Why. They are superfluous to the game and don't sell tickets. The more they complain the more of a liability they become.

[panthers55]

There are 6 teams that don't have them. If this blows up the number will just rise. That is business.

[Cam's New Arm]

Eh.

[RetiredCollegeCoach]

If I were a team owner right now, completely leaving aside any moral or philosophical or political questions, I would probably make the move to drop the c-squad just based on the newfound potential for controversy and "distraction" (football's stupidest but most useful term of art).

Of course, you'll get the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth from the "BY GAWD YOU ARE TURNING THIS INTO FLAG FOOTBALL" crowd. But you always get that. About everything.

As someone who has spent much of a lifetime ignoring and politely deflecting the gibbering of imbecile lucky-sperm-club boosters and booster-wannabes, let me just say that these people usually holler themselves to sleep. Let them cry and then let them nap.