I’ve noticed (my 12 year old has decided he likes televised football games) that pro football teams from cold Northern cities, or rust belt cities, seem to have stopped fielding cheerleaders. “We think you should pay attention to THE GAME,” they say. Showbiz towns (Los Angeles, Miami) and other warm weather climes still provide cheesecake.
When did the Clevelands and Pittsburghs of America decide to dump the broads? And how come the Dallases and Tampas didn’t follow suit? They’re not afraid they won’t be taken seriously?
Ummm…Dallas does have a cheerleading squad, in fact i thought they were the most well known of the NFL cheerleaders, but then again i’m from Texas so my POV might be skewed.
The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders inspired not just one, not just two, not just three, but FOUR TV movies:
“The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders”
“The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders II”
“The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders on Gilligan’s Island” (which originally was called “The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island” and featured Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.)
and finally “Max Meets the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders”.
The Steelers were actually the first NFL team to field cheerleaders, but the Rooney family these days regards them a pointless distraction from real football.
Cheerleaders in the '60s may have been cheesecake, but they were covered by an awful lot of cheesecloth.
The Steelerettes in action in 1964. The venue appears to be Pitt Stadium, home to many Steeler home games before Three Rivers Stadium was built. Pitt Stadium was demolished in 1999.
I read that NFL cheerleaders make pretty much zippo for their profession.
They are paid something like $40 per game ($40 x 8 home games = $320 annual salary). Most of them attempt to use it as a stepping stone into acting/modeling and make most of their money doing “appearances” for local events.
