Two former National Football League cheerleaders said they would settle claims in discrimination lawsuits for one dollar each, if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will agree to a "good faith" meeting with a group of cheerleaders, The New York Times reported.
The two women, former New Orleans Saints cheerleader Bailey Davis and former Miami Dolphins cheerleader Kristan Ware both recently filed gender discrimination complaints, the report said.
The women’s lawyer, Sara Blackwell, proposed the $1 settlement Tuesday, asking that the NFL meet with at least four cheerleaders to "prepare a set of binding rules and regulations which apply to all NFL teams," the report said.
Blackwell added a caveat that teams would not be allowed to disband cheerleader teams for at least five years, as a means to prevent the NFL retaliating against the cheerleaders, The Times reported.
"We’re not asking them (the NFL) to admit fault, or to admit guilt, or even admit that there is anything wrong. But if they do want and expect that cheerleaders should have a fair working environment, as they have stated, then it doesn’t make any common sense why the answer would be no," Blackwell said in a phone interview, The Times reported.
Current and former cheerleaders described that harassment and groping by fans was a regular part of their job, The New York Times reported April 10.
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