Cheerleaders propose $1 deal
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, April 25, 2018
The lawyer representing two former NFL cheerleaders who recently filed discrimination claims against the league has made a settlement proposal: If her clients can have a four-hour, “good faith” meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and league lawyers, they will settle all claims for $1 each.
The settlement proposal, sent to an NFL attorney on Tuesday, asks that the league meet with at least four cheerleaders to “prepare a set of binding rules and regulations which apply to all NFL teams.”
Also, it would not allow teams that have cheerleading squads to disband them, as a way of retaliating against women who raised the workplace issues, for at least five years.
The proposal was crafted and sent by Sara Blackwell, a Florida lawyer who represents former New Orleans Saints cheerleader Bailey Davis and former Miami Dolphins cheerleader Kristan Wade, both of whom recently filed complaints of gender discrimination.
The letter is little more than one typed page, mostly asking for an audience with Goodell. But it could force the league into making the next move in what has become a sticky public-relations battle.
Blackwell asked for a response from the NFL by May 4.
— The New York Times