Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders successfully lobby for a pay raise

After decades of performing for one of the NFL’s most valuable franchises while earning less-than-glamorous wages, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have secured a 400% pay raise

After decades of performing for one of the NFL’s most valuable franchises while earning less-than-glamorous wages, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have secured a 400% pay raise.

The wage increase is revealed at the conclusion of the second season of “America’s Sweethearts,” the hit Netflix docuseries that follows the iconic team of dancers from auditions to the end of the NFL season.

The series, which debuted its second season Wednesday, chronicled the cheerleaders’ push for better pay, putting a renewed spotlight on compensation issues that have long plagued NFL cheerleading squads.

“We’re pleased, as you’ll see in the series, that the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were happy with the outcome,” Tad Carper, the Cowboys’ senior vice president of communications, said in a statement.

The show does not disclose the new wages taking effect next season, nor does it reveal the cheerleaders’ current wages.