Are professional cheerleaders allowed to have normal social lives?

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The cheerleader squad for my city's national football team exercises and practices in my neighborhood gym. The other day a lawyer came in and took a few of them aside. I overhead her instruct them to delete their Facebook and MySpace profiles immediately, explaining that membership in online social networks is a breach of contract.

Evidently "the team" (read: the owners) feels it cannot regulate what they put on their profiles: I recall her saying that the team wants to promote a "wholesome" image, and so therefore it wouldn't want any of its corporate imagery associated with any "untoward things," i.e., sexy photographs, suggestive messages, and the like. The last thing I heard her say is, "If you feel these profiles are important for your modeling career or personal life, then keep them -- but then you will relinquish your position on the squad."

I'm curious as to how far this kind of regulation extends beyond just online social networking, if tat all. Are professional cheerleaders, so long as they are contracted with a team or agency, allowed to have normal "offline" social lives?

Answer 1

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Cheers bro, an entire squad of professional cheerleaders.

Don't ask YA!

Go ask the cheerleaders! Pull some numbers.

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Hah hah! I shall ask them. ;)

Answer 2

My sister is a cheerleader for a NFL team and she lives a very normal life!!

She has a b/f and 2 great jobs one being a cheerleader.


PS my sis doesn't have facebook or myspace she has no time for that kind of stuff.

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~MA~

Answer 3

they cant date football players lol one of the cheerleaders on the Redskins was dating Chris Cooley (BEST TE IN THE NFL!!!) and got fired, but she dont have to worry bout money now Cooley and her got married!!

Answer 4

What team is this?? Why are u trying to hide them?

Answer 5

Absolutely. Where I went to college, in the offseason, I worked parttime at a bar near campus, where a girl who was a cheerleader for a nearby NFL team bartended. She had a normal social life, and loved being a cheerleader. She was a very busy girl during the fall tho - between school, bartending, and cheerleader appearances, she was pretty much booked every night.

My assumption would be deleting the facebook and myspace profiles is essentially just as much for their safety - it may be a necessity to prevent creepers from stalking them. Also, should they leave an inappropriate comment or message, it can reflect poorly on the team.

As far as the "sexy pictures" go, that's simply not the case - the teams themselves typically release calenders, swimsuit photos, and other such photographs that are sold to fans. The breach in contract may be for marketing themselves (and making money off of it) while still under contract for their team. I don't believe they can model for other agencies and corporations while under contract.

Their social life is perfectly normal, with the exception of having to make (paid) appearances at events. They are typically well compensated for these appearances - 100 an hour plus mileage reimbursement.

Answer 6

regulations?!? we dont need no stinking regulations! Cheerleaders are people too!

Answer 7

They aren't allowed to 'SOCIAL' network. Their webpages have to be strictly based on the NFL official website.

They can lead normal lives, I've meet a couple that have another job along with cheerleading. I know you aren't allowed to make contact with the players outside of 'work' though.

Answer 8

Yes, they can date with some restrictions. Many offices and employers do not encourage dating other employees. Fortunately for me, my office didn't have that rule. I met my wife at work.