In a tense scene during the second season of the Netflix hit America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders , members of the squad were huddled on a Zoom call discussing a disappointing meeting with management about their latest contract. “We do hold value, and what are we willing to do to show them that we know our value?” fifth-year veteran and squad leader Jada Mclean asked the group as they considered staging a walkout at their next practice. At the time, Mclean, who has since retired from the DCC, was making $15 an hour, without health insurance, supplementing her cheerleading salary by working as an aesthetician’s assistant at a dermatologist’s office.

In a tense scene during the second season of the Netflix hit America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders , member

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