By Pierre-Kim Bernard — March 29, 2018 at 2:24 p.m.
Bailey Davis, a former New Orleans Saints cheerleader, has filed a discrimination complaint once morest the franchise. According to the cheerleader, the Saints have rules that apply differently to…
Bailey Davis, a former New Orleans Saints cheerleader, has filed a discrimination complaint once morest the franchise. According to the cheerleader, the Saints have rules that apply differently to players and cheerleaders. This is reported by the New York Times.
To understand the proponents of this story, you have to go back to January 2018, when the franchise announced his dismissal. In question: a photo of the cheerleader in a one-piece swimsuit posted on one of the social networks for private use. Despite her protests, the Saints told her that this photo was a violation of the rules established by the franchise: prohibition to post an image where you see them naked (or almost naked), or even in lingerie.
No eating in the same restaurant
But it does not stop there, since according to the American media, the Saints purely and simply prohibit any contact between the players and the cheerleaders, whether physical or on the internet.
“Cheerleaders should not dine in the same restaurant as another player, nor talk to them regarding anything. If a Saints cheerleader enters a restaurant when a player is already there, they must leave the location. If a player arrives at a restaurant while a cheerleader is eating there, she must also leave the restaurant.
Contacts on the internet? Cheeleaders must block players on social media to prevent them from following them.
The report ends explaining that players are not subject to the same obligations.
“If the cheerleaders can’t contact the players, then the players shouldn’t be allowed to either,” Sara Blackwell, Bailey Davis’ attorney, told The New York Times. “The archaic stereotype of women needing to hide for their own protection is not allowed in America and certainly not in the workplace. »
Here’s what the Saints require cheerleaders to do to “protect” themselves from players https://t.co/61MXS7G0kS pic.twitter.com/g7JNDyHwsc
– Daniel Victor (@bydanielvictor) March 26, 2018