We Review America's Sweethearts Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | RCW Podcast #85

We're stepping outside of Bravo to discuss the hit Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries on Netflix: America's Sweethearts! From a strong sisterhood to some shocking revelations about pay, it sparks some great discussions!
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⏳ Timestamps
00:00 Everything we loved and hated about America's Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries
00:40 What's America's Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries about?
05:35 What we loved about the DCC docuseries
08:53 Impossible standard of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
11:11 Life after DCC
11:56 The impacts of cheerleading on the body
16:00 The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are paid shockingly low!
20:17 America's Sweethearts impossible body image standards
26:07 A Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader's difficult journey: Victoria
28:53 Psychological warfare in the DCC documentary
34:36 Gender biases in the NFL
39:13 The cost of tradition in the DCC
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[@therealcouchwives]

What did you love and hate about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries? What shocked you the most?

[@mrsx7944]

What I love is their professionalism and the dedication to their craft. Most of these girls have been in dance their ENTIRE lives. Nothing shocked me because nothing is new.

[@Jdub303]

I'm not shocked. You better sign up for serious medical issues later, they push the "comradery " amongst them to not look at the facts. NFL players get a NFL pension for the rest of their life. But cheerleaders get the "opportunity " to ruin their hips for a really outdated AC/DC song..

[@msc9950]

You guys have to check out the original series DCC Making The Team - the Netflix documentary was much more mild. The original series really shows how brutal the process is and the girls were treated poorly. They say they want to see the girls’ personalities but they don’t want to hear ANYTHING other than “yes ma’am.” Weight and appearance (down to whether or not spray tans are too dark) are commented on in front of the entire group on a regular basis.

[@mrsx7944]

They were never treated poorly. It's a highly competitive team and they have high standards.

[@chelleymarie2129]

Oh no... y'all unlocked my special interest. I was OBSESSED with Making the Team as a young adult and recently learned that the entire series is on Paramount+ so I binged it earlier this year. First, I haven't finished the entire video so I don't know if you have mentioned this yet, but Jasmine from The Valley was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and on Making the Team! I think she was a DCC for two seasons, but since MTT follows the rookies more, she's featured more prominently the season she initially auditions. When the promo for The Valley came out, I was like "why do I know that woman's face?!" lmao Second, re: money. The reason they are paid better now is because a former DCC, Erica Wilkins (truly one of their most talented and iconic dancers), SUED THEM. However, in the midst of the lawsuit, she was publicly ridiculed and disowned by all past and present DCC. It was horrible. Judy's daughter, Cassie Trammell, made an instagram post about and the comments are wild considering it was this lawsuit that changed this industry for the better. Anecdotally, a girl from my dance team in high school made the Arizona Cardinals cheer team (this was 2008) and they were paid $100 per game and that is IT. No pay for practices or anything. Absolutely bonkers. If you want to stay on this rabbit hole, there is a crazy pipeline of Melissa Rycroft going from Making the Team to The Bachelor where she got engaged to said bachelor and then DUMPED on the reunion, which got her a spot on Dancing with the Stars which got her a spot on Dancing with the Stars ALL STARS season that she WON that got her right back on Making the Team as their "showmanship coach" LOL it's a wild ride.

[@haleyrausch8348]

Grew up in Dallas and did drill team in high school…our version of dance teams! We did jump splits and high kicks too…it’s really grueling on the body. When it comes to the “yes ma’am” answer it’s a double meaning…it’s yes you understood what was said /that you heard them. My team was over 60 girls and when the director was talking to you specifically it was a great way for her to know you heard instead of saying “ya” which can come off disrespectful.

[@camitchell123]

My daughter was on drill team in Texas also. The jump splits themselves aren't too bad, it's the pressure of having the pull of the attached dancers.

[@tiffmcgriff2010]

Loved this recap episode. I watched making the team for years before the Netflix series. Can you guys do Love Island USA next? It’s sooooo good and Ariana is killing it as host!

[@ThatsSoJordy]

Did y’all not watch the original show?

[@tararose9606]

So actually, Victoria did an interview not too long ago so they have sponsorships so they do not have to pay for their spray tans their nails, their hair. They even get some free meals. They have a gym that they can use for free. But I will say this NFL cheerleaders have never gotten paid a lot. I know someone that used to be an NFL cheerleader and she said yeah they just don’t get paid a lot, so this is not a new thing

[@h06anbjo]

Have you watched the series that they had a few years ago??? Fifteen seasons of the same stuff!!

[@kateteve]

I haven’t watched the doc, but I loved the series “making the team”. Are you two both from Canada? You might not know about Texas and the south - very conservative. The “yes,ma’am“ is seen as respect. Very old school . Agree with everything you said, it’s refreshing to see it from a younger generation point of view. The Dallas Cheerleaders are a combination of modeling , acting, deputaunte, beauty pageant, gymnastics and a touch of prostitution. It’s basically a stepping stone to find a wealthy husband as the long game. Most of the girls do well after, securing that lavish Texas lifestyle. It’s forbidden to date the players, but many do. One season a girl got caught and was fired. Nothing happened to the player, of course. The series is pretty awesome if you have a chance to check it out!

[@lizholzer4930]

I do think that the organization should pay the women a lot more. It doesn’t seem fair that they should have to hold down full-time jobs while they’re literally wrecking their bodies in the service of corporate billionaires. On the other hand, very few dancers of Royal Ballet, NYCB, or ABT make as much money as a Dallas cheerleader, who is essentially just a non-individuated member of a chorus line. Maybe Vegas dancers do better, I don’t know. As to the argument that the cheerleaders are producing millions in profits for the organization, it’s still teeny-tiny compared to what the football players generate in ticket sales, TV ads, merchandise, etc. As famous as the cheerleading squad is, no one (except maybe the moms) goes to a Dallas Cowboys game just to see girls dancing. They do go to see the players, and especially to see them win games.

[@joyfuljaj]

I have really wondered when they say how much they're paid per hour what hours are they counting? I mean do the cheerleader spend more time rehearsing or doing appearances than time that is counted as "on the clock"

[@sandranorman5469]

Judy Trammel (the choreographer for the cheerleaders ) said that she could never do a jump split. And she was a DCC cheerleader. One of the reasons that the year they changed the uniform, Tex Schramm said the cheerleaders looked like streetwalkers. Uniforms? They don’t get to keep their BOOTS. Can you imagine?

[@CrankyBeach]

As I recall, Judy said that when she was a DCC they didn't do the jump split, so the fact that she said she couldn't have done it is moot. I Googled and learned that the jump split began in 1989. Judy cheered from 1980 to 1984. Also... if you watch the 1979 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders movie (it's on KZbin) the dance routines appeared to be much easier. Even I could have done those routines. Nowadays? Even if I were still in my 20s I couldn't do one tenth of today's choreography.

[@mrsx7944]

Why is everyone reviewing this show now like it's new??? I was watching this show ten yrs ago. They are way more than Cheerleaders. They are A level , Broadway level dancers. Don't talk about "female empowerment" in one breath and then simultaneously put down anothers womans CHOICE. They want to be DCCs and they are proud.

[@AngelaWood-cv5jp]

CaNt even put ur hair iN A PONY

[@TravelSeets]

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