NFL teams use 'alternate cheerleaders' to mingle with male fans on game day, report says

[Suzanimal]

NFL teams use 'alternate cheerleaders' to mingle with male fans on game day, report says

NFL teams reportedly use “alternate cheerleaders” to mingle with fans in the seats or in luxury boxes while the actual performers were on the field during game days.

The Washington Redskins, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens were among the teams who use a separate cheerleading roster to serve as “scantily clad ambassadors” whose jobs are to mingle with male fans, The New York Times reported Thursday.

The Redskins, in particular, have come under fire over the last month for the way team officials have used the cheerleading squad in the past. Several Redskins cheerleaders told The New York Times in May that they felt they were being used as escorts during a photoshoot in Costa Rica.


Washington, which essentially created the ambassador position in the early 2000s, began hiring groups of women who didn’t make the cheerleading team and were judged in pageant-like sessions, according to the newspaper. Former Redskins cheerleaders told The Times they felt more like a “sexualized saleswoman” than a cheerleader.

Another former Redskins ambassador said she would attend tailgate parties where intoxicated men would grab them and hug them and make lewd comments.

“It was like, oh, yuck,” the former ambassador said, adding that she would often sign autographs as “Meg” because she didn’t want others to know her real name. “I didn’t want to take the extra time to sign my real name. I was just like, God, can we just get this over with?”

One former ambassador said then-head of business operations for the Redskins Dennis Greene would examine the women before games and choose two to accompany him while he visited suite-holders.

“He would look each of us up and down and say, I want that one and that one, and everyone hated when you got selected for that,” the former ambassador told The Times. “It was humiliating, like we were cattle.”

Greene was demoted after The New York Times published the harrowing accounts of former ambassadors, while a team spokesman later Thursday said that he had resigned.

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Redskins president Bruce Allen said in May the team was investigating accusations about the cheerleading squad.

“We are committed to ensuring that all Redskins employees, including our cheerleaders and ambassadors, are treated with the upmost respect,” he said.

Former Houston Texans cheerleader Jackie Chambers, who filed a lawsuit last week against the team’s cheerleading director over wages and abuse, said that the squad’s coach Alto Gary would tape cheerleaders’ stomachs down to make them appear skinnier.

“That was a memory that was so vivid, I’ll never forget it,” Chambers said. “I can’t believe that it was even happening, but the girl did as she was told. It was exactly like a master controlling a puppet.”

Chambers said her and other members of her team would be sent into the luxury suites and “get touched a lot.”

In response to Chambers’ lawsuit, the Texans said in a statement: “We are proud of the cheerleader program and have had hundreds of women participate and enjoy their experience while making a positive impact in the local community. We are constantly evaluating our procedures and will continue to make adjustments as needed to make the program enjoyable for everyone.”

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http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/...e-with-male-fans-on-game-day-report-says.html

 

[jkr]

ten cents a daaaaaaaaaaaannnce!

 

[angelatc]

I am starting to think that perhaps cheerleaders are soon to be passe'

 

[dannno]

I am starting to think that perhaps cheerleaders are soon to be passe'

Well if they keep going to the media and bitching about their jobs in this environment, then ya, they will be passe real quick. And no, they aren't getting promoted..

 

[Suzanimal]

One former ambassador said then-head of business operations for the Redskins Dennis Greene would examine the women before games and choose two to accompany him while he visited suite-holders.

“He would look each of us up and down and say, I want that one and that one, and everyone hated when you got selected for that,” the former ambassador told The Times. “It was humiliating, like we were cattle.”

It's a job based on looks. He was simply picking the girls who would play best to the audience. I'm not sure what these women thought the job of an ambassador who wears skimpy clothing would entail.

 

[pmbug]

I thought Texas/Houston had a three foot rule for ladies in this line of work. <ducks>

 

[Suzanimal]

I thought Texas/Houston had a three foot rule for ladies in this line of work. <ducks>

I don't get it. Is this about tossing midget cheerleaders?

 

[pmbug]

lulz...

https://www.chron.com/news/politics...-work-with-topless-clubs-on-human-5017029.php

 

[angelatc]

It's a job based on looks. He was simply picking the girls who would play best to the audience. I'm not sure what these women thought the job of an ambassador who wears skimpy clothing would entail.

The girls consider themselves athletes though. At least, they do in high school.

 

[Suzanimal]

The girls consider themselves athletes though. At least, they do in high school.

I would consider the competitive HS cheer squads athletes but not the pro cheerleaders. They're closer to dancers, IMO. Most of the women complaining/suing aren't even cheerleaders. They're “scantily clad ambassadors”. WTF do they think is the job of “scantily clad ambassadors”. Ding dongs.

 

[Anti Globalist]

What do these alternate cheerleaders look like?

 

[Swordsmyth]

If they aren't requiring "physical" interaction with the fans then they have nothing to complain about, if they don't like the work they should quit and make room for girls who will like it.

I wish I could get paid for looking good and talking to people.

 

[oyarde]

If they aren't requiring "physical" interaction with the fans then they have nothing to complain about, if they don't like the work they should quit and make room for girls who will like it.

I wish I could get paid for looking good and talking to people.

If you were that good you could be Chief .

 

[Swordsmyth]

If you were that good you could be Chief .

When the collapse comes I will make my own realm and be a chief, if our borders ever meet we can have an alliance.

 

[oyarde]

When the collapse comes I will make my own realm and be a chief, if our borders ever meet we can have an alliance.

That will work but you cannot fondle my cheerleaders .

 

[Swordsmyth]

That will work but you cannot fondle my cheerleaders .

I value my scalp too much to ever try that.

 

[Anti Federalist]

 

[oyarde]

Washington , What do you expect ?