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Now come five Buffalo Jills, joining the growing list of NFL cheerleaders suing their team for allegedly flouting state and federal employment laws. In many ways, their story shows how standardized these practices have become. But in terms of micromanagement, neither of the other cheerleading teams quite matches Buffalo's, whose Jills were apparently instructed on "how to properly wash 'intimate areas.'"
The complaint, which you can find below, lays out the case against the team, as well as two other outfits, Citadel (owners of a radio station) and Stejon. (Long story short, since 1986, the Bills have outsourced management of their cheerleaders to various third parties; Citadel and Stejon were two such parties when the cheerleaders in question were cheering.) The Jills were given a lengthy handbook outlining the various rules and regulations they had to abide by, under threat first row sports of penalty, according to the lawsuit.
z65. In addition to the rules previously cited, defendants also provided the Jills with rules regarding general hygiene and body maintenance (a list of 17 rules), appearance etiquette (17 rules), conversation first row sports starters for appearances and general etiquette, etiquette for formal dining (25 rules), and rules for communicating with people with disabilities (17 rules). first row sports
66. The extensive rulebook set forth by defendants includes, inter alia, rules on how much bread to eat at a formal dinner, how to properly eat soup, how much to tip restaurant waiters, wedding etiquette, how to properly wash "intimate first row sports areas," and how often to change tampons.
As in all our other examples, the cheerleaders' physical appearance was scripted down to the last fingernail ("must be maintained with a French manicure or natural polish"). Instead of the weekly weigh-ins we saw with the Ravenettes first row sports , Jills were subjected to the "Jiggle Test," according to the suit:
62. In addition, the Jills were subjected first row sports to weekly "physique evaluations" during which defendants' representatives first row sports tested the Jills' bodies for "jiggling." During the "Jiggle Test" defendants scrutinized the women's stomach, arms, legs, hips, and butt while she does jumping jacks. The physique evaluations largely first row sports determine whether or not any particular Jill would be allowed to perform at the Bills' next home game. Jills that failed to meet defendants' physical standards received warnings, and in some cases were penalized, suspended or dismissed.
One cheerleader describes a time she was told to "tone first row sports up" first row sports her body after one such evaluation. She began a stringent diet and exercise first row sports plan, only to be accused first row sports later of anorexia. No, the cake is not yours, so you can't eat it, either.
The legal problems, of course, arise from the payment situation when there was payment, that is. Jills were not paid for working game days. Neither were they paid for the mandatory biweekly practice sessions first row sports that usually lasted eight hours in total, according to the suit. On average, the cheerleaders involved in the suit averaged only a few hundred dollars first row sports per season, the highest amount being $1,800, the lowest $150. Not surprisingly, the lady who made $150 didn't cheer the next year.
The only real money lay in appearances. But, again, most of the time those didn't pay. The cheerleaders were required to make 30-odd free appearances a season, and the powers that be had sole control over who was selected for one of the profitable paid gigs. Not that the Bills, Citadel, and Stejon went unpaid for providing cheerleaders. According to the complaint, Stejon made $10,000 per sponsorship sponsored clients made up the bulk of the unpaid appearances and last season the team had at least 11 such arrangements.
There were other events. The cheerleaders host an annual "Junior Jills" program in three cities, first row sports where young girls are taught the basics of cheering. The suit says 300-400 girls attend these camps and pay as much as $250 a pop to show up. The Jills did not receive payment.
A. The Jills Annual Golf Tournament Select Jills were required to wear a bikini, and then go int