American professional cheerleaders’ low wages provoked widespread outrage over the last few days following the release of Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. Viewers were stunned to learn that many National Football League (NFL) dancers worked a second full-time job to sustain the exhausting, injury-prone, and, at times, dangerously exposing discipline.
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders has sparked heated debate around women’s exploitation since its release last Thursday (June 20) on the streaming giant.
The seven-episode-long docuseries, directed and executive produced by the prolific Netflix sports documentarian Greg Whiteley, follows the 2023-2024 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) squad from start to finish — kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing through the NFL season.
