The Shockingly Low Salaries of Professional Cheerleaders

From the Jan. 24, 2014, Yahoo! Finance by Olga Khaza, Atlantic. //// The Raiderettes (Oakland Raiders) make only $1,200 a year, amounting to $5 an hour after practice and performing. They also face fines for such things as bringing the wrong pom poms to rehearsal. //// The San Diego Chargers pay their cheerleaders $75 per home game. But, they also get two game tickets and one parking pass. //// The Baltimore Ravens pay $100 for each home game which includes up to five hours before the game and practice twice a week for three hours from April to January. //// The Dallas Cowboys pay $150 a home game, but pay nothing for rehearsals. //// The Oakland Raideretees have filed a suit. //// --RoadDog