NFL's New Cheerleader Scandal May Expose League to Legal Risk
- League likes to leave teams alone on cheerleader operations
- A new area of labor law could make NFL partly responsible
New Orleans Saints cheerleaders perform during a game on Feb. 7, 2010.
Photographer: Rob Tringali/Sportschrome via Getty Images
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The NFL’s cheerleader problems are back.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that cheerleaders for the Washington franchise were made to pose topless for season ticket holders in Costa Rica in 2013. Earlier this year, a former New Orleans Saints cheerleader sued the team, saying she was improperly fired for posting a photo of herself online that the team deemed too revealing. These incidents follow lawsuits from several years ago from cheerleaders claiming wage theft over contracts that failed to pay the minimum wage.