From the New York Times are Michael borrow. This is the daily today. The fire of a professional cheerleader has drawn. Attention to, an industry that seem to be operating outside Dmitri Movement now we have no choice but to be drawn into it? It's Wednesday April eighteen. Tell me about this thing: Happens every year these try out for the saints relating to him, so chow pious around April about the end of April on my colleague, Amy Brown recently spoke to Bailey Davis. A former cheerleader for the New Orleans since my long, why, as a dance,

and the superbowl half time shows when she was my age did she was back up for Beach boy, Hank Limbs, junior while found out she was pregnant with May after civil war. Ninety nine five and services. Was it all. I was always around the sensations gonna practices. My family was always done saints game, so really grown up the saints banned from day. One so is very important to me to be a sad station and represent organization than grown up, loving and your calling them. Ain't stations. What are the sensations and thus the saints cheerleaders? his name's age, my baby, I'm so excited, and I really hope you enjoy today. Its eyes variant, eliminating the inner room when

Hundreds of other beautiful women who can dance you been working on their technique. I ve been working out. Everyone looks beautiful the room cells, I care spray and spray bands yeah. Terrified we're probably now down from about a hundred participants today, but today will bring. You are first round here: live woollen, Saints Buttons Vassili life China was vows. Nineteen was so nerve. Racking you have to wear bought for child seats can design your own laptop. I usually get, one to talk and all the dazzling, some say top and then everyone where's lacks one said bottoms, because they make your legs under the first day at all, dancing so

you get there and you learn a routine. They give you a number and then you try out and about groups of four without a second answer to your and our job is the more time ready. I was telling you before earlier. The virus teen is more of a sideline routine, where you kind of when we and back they made us it four times in a row like they were soft music and have seen again what we look for is dynamic performers. I want to see it again. They can be the most technic Fabulous dancer, but if they're not performing and selling it, nobody wants to watch him anyway. Said again and we were all die Brad, I'm one of the judges actually looking for again what is the higher employment part of his hair? Honourably, hair, odd repair aggravates the hair style. Is the judge s letter, your hair about. The order that enjoys tat. Look at our physique

there's always a gathers and Denis that's fair, I'm not really sure I think he's just there to say if he likes toward the women look- and I am looking at your teeth. Ah, I think he's just a fan. Will Tuesday they'll do two to one interviews with two business professionals from our community? We want to see how they present to the public if you make that Caillou, you come back the next day and you were a business suit and you go in and have with judges and with judges. And then after that, and you go to your body, fat assessment of football test. Don't forget that and then you take the and I fell for boss has got to know all the teams and Allah mascots. Now the city's all the positions, it sounds like an athletic comes session, a beauty pageant and a college exam all kind of road together it is, a good way of putting it it's like going too far. No way I'm beauty pageant and soccer game all in one.

CS the project and that's how you gonna show so where are you when you find out who made the team think I was at a mexican restaurant when that dried out, and they did a video. So they had a news broadcaster fast. The less on Spain and I talk about each girl and I was like shaking ours is a man there. Shared my picture, and I was so excited- and it was a big ah finally moment, because I've been waiting for the day. I can try out I've been waiting for the day. I could be patient. I have been, you know, going to the games and I had every calendar from every year and I would just sit at home and flip through

black, while these girls forges their amazing women into finally see my picture and be on the list of steel, was just amazing feeling

so this childhood dreams years crumbs trail, was there a moment during this time? Were things started to feel less positive yeah? I will definitely used the word less glamorous, because once I was on the team, they were really harness me. I was told that offers mandatory not needed to lose weight. The coach actually grabbed my stomach at factors and said we need to get rid of this smile right. This is my very first practice. Actually, there is alive, Huntsman girls were told they usually by after they had made the same. They say that they take us with our potential in mind. What do you do after she tells you that you have to lose. Assuage grabs your stomach and says you wanna get rid of us.

I got in the car and I cried and I know I sound like such a crybaby telling this story, but if you know it's hard hearing that from someone and we had calendar shoot in a month, so I had one month to lose weight better. If I wanted a spy in the calendar as a right where the reality of being on the team is not feeling quite like the dream. You had being honest him right by that

negative experience was selling calendars because I may terrible salesman life and do not like having this. All things are asking people for money and we had to sell twenty calendars before every game, and so right after filled her. So we had to run an sapo. May God got signed a champion square and all the druggist wandering around their salaries downers allow it always come again with White Tanner, five love and after I get hired out, get pulled from the third quarter suddenly to cheer third quarter, because I had to go so there s my counter, certainly on the field. Alas, us all twenty calendars cemented agenda like working for your paycheck you're, also sell encounter. Yes, and then I got to the point where you're banging people to buy on and one aspect

I need people to buy on then we're not supposed to tell people like if you don't buy this, I can't go on the field. If I don't sell these, I can't go on the field, but it got to the point where some of us were telling people the best through right and I would have my dad come and bring extra cash, so he can buy a few from me, so I think between my dad and my boy? For another time they were drop in a hundred dollars socket beyond the field, and how much are you paid. My first year was minimum wage and then my second here was a twenty five and then it goes. And their our point. Do you learn about their rules? You have to follow in order to be on this team yeah. So, at the beginning of every year we haven't orientation, meeting and they'll go through our contract and, what's expected of us I also taught that we need to make up her or not and I'll walk through all the girls and say you know, this girl needs her here, this girl,

It is not there. We have to be borne. Somebody has to be a burn out. We have Do any Burnett hooking up? Why and it's actually written down are now had remained occurred who told the handy the renewed her french tat, we had to have his bright, hamper the games. Obviously, and other giving you the supper. They like sending you to their spray tat person and like getting manicure. Now we had it gets right hands on our own as well as nails, and what about your behavior off the field? We can obviously can vouch for the fire, so we couldn't date, players have fires, social players, message players, Vienna same place as fires. We're not last speak to them at all, and I did always think That was very strange. I dont actually think that that's obvious to most people, but that was an obvious to me as five, because I said that I think is

more than one I thought about it. We were like why and how right? Oh yeah. I obviously So what are the rules around many time by players now as then. What do you have to do? What you have to file? So we are not allowed to all players on special mania and they follow us. We have to block them or not allowed like anything with a player and whether the saints oh said aware, one of the players, friends post every hand like it, and that goes for any annex. And be a player? Not just the sites like thousands of players is now how many players are unknown, avail o a time there's fifty on each team. And then you have the NBA, so you have to specifically block all those people and they're. The ones were following you so rightly Now I have followed then added than in any other pages, followed maize. Marge possibility. Then she go back and block all Sargeus players breaking the rules for following you.

Now the pirates have no rules as far as buying ization or social media. They can use their last name or social media. They can post as many football state pictures that they want. They can follow us they can send as close to us as they on the football field. They can be anywhere that we are, they can talk to us like a message eyes and the responsibility is on us to avoid contact and block them and leave somewhere that they are it's not against arose for them to talk to you to follow you to be near you, but it's against rules for you to let them do that to you.

Yet, not only is it just against the rules, you get a warning, it's a media termination and with some justification for that, you know like what's the idea behind that rule based on ice for players, your players? I? U can get involved within and just trying to play you they don't actually care about you, and then they said that the social media rules are in place to protect eyes. They are predators, they want to prioritize. Were pretty girls they're going to want to talked eyes, they call them predators, they called the football players. Predators said the people by your cheering for their saying there. Also exactly they. Actually, I mean it's in writing, Mason AIR predators. They will pay on you, so I had never range hollow for anything all my three years on the team. I was captain for two years, but at the end of the seas in this place

here we have an email saying that they are that girl was not a party with a player and that they were investigating. I was actually with one of the girls. Do you know about that aim at the same time, like all my guys who is somebody's in trouble, will then a couple, the girls tax man? I think this is about you, like I heard it with You saw. I immediately just pick up the phone and I called my house, and I said what is going on. What is it all about? People are accusing me of this, and she said we are actually it is about. So they're killing of being in the same room, asked about Mars right. I was being accused of being around about fires at a party and just to be clear, bring you. Discarding now I was, I was actually in Orlando on that party happened. I think it was a concert

Then I went into human resources and they immediately started questioned me about this party and denied at nice. You're gonna lie about. It will just ask a player because they have no reason Latin knowest highlight the players concerned. Whenever they wanted, and I had no voice ass, an eight you know when girls in the past have been fired for gaining fires there, like shamed off the team, it's like their horrible representatives. They were horrible thanks Asians. Then they told me in the past that if a girl's, I'm even came out of a players mouth and some one hundred girl would have been fired. So at this point I was terrified and knew my job wasn't secure. They said, while our players messaging you- and I said yes, I players messages all the time. It's on anything new. You know we just take.

And then I was told to go through. My followers unblock anybody that was about layer that followed me. So then what happens after this meeting after this eight hour meeting about four days later, I hosted a fairer than I have gotten from a photographer from a photo should I did a while back Anita, full body shy. You know that I might well ass his arm physique. So I had this photo and opposed to our answer. Am I thought it was a strong looking so now? What does it look like overseer

his face, I'm turned to the side. There was any way spies suit. It showed the muscles how my arm and I just wanted to have an athletic looking pretty photo. So then what happens after you posted? I others that I got attacks from a coach that said very poor judgment pose this photo, especially considering rumours going around about you, and I said yes, ma- am its deleted and then The next day I found out from my mom that they had said. I should just go ahead and resign. You should resign cuz, you posted this photo right behind me and my mom talked about, and I said I don't think I've done anything wrong, I'm not going to resign, but I wonder if that feeling is hard to dismiss like you feel strongly. You have not done anything wrong, but you have this p.

Around you who have much more power than you do, who you have revered telling you that you dead dry right. It's like always on this picture, gave me this reputation. I didn't see myself having our people that no me don't seem in this way, but I wonder it like got in your head. A little bit. Did you for a minute? least see yourself through their eyes. Oh yeah, immediately, you know still looking at the FAO now I see it in the way they sigh which hurts me, because I've never been one to care about what other people I'm gonna Mars the beat of drawn and so to be low. Not myself, and I try. She way made me question own character. A little bit, then I have to be like. No, I'm not like that. Like I've, little girl adore me, I you know, I'm a fan person on night running around sleeping with him all these football players- and

Saturn think that of me. Just because of that photo. I definitely began to question myself like wow. Maybe I am putting out the image that I'm like this. You know right. They made me feel like a slut. If we're being honest And so I called my coach, I said I know that you have asked me to resign, but I'm not going to and she's and so would you like to request a man with human resources Ass, a yes and so mom went meaning and I sat down and he said, Save requested a meeting with me. I said yes, I want to know why you are asking me to resign and he said: oh, it's no question. We sent the phone or legal everyone has agreed at school. For me, it there's no question you're fired continue to go on about how he can't leave outposts maifest ass. He would never let his granddaughters post anything like. I ask your seeking players. Attention just

Can't going on about how terrible person I was like to be far is one thing but to sit there and have some one question your character and tell you how terrible you are because picture you posted. Had you imagine that discussion Do you know if you would have told me a year ago that this is how it's going to end? I wouldn't leave you breathing and work for my whole life. The organization I'm grown up around people that work for the saints were considered much I only know Raul best friends with my mom there. End of the day that I was gonna, be on sensations and then to be told in that meeting that I was a bad one and it s called my character in a question. I think that was what was so devastating aside. My plans and my dreams had completely been crushed in that moment. So what happens after this meeting? They tell you no question about. It. Grows determination, you're, fired

After this meeting we were in the car, I dont know too Kind Burma long presided. You know she was still employed by saying this point and I told her you know I wanted her to keep her job and I wanted to affect her. Ah, but she just says that what happened was wrong. The rules need to be fixin. She agrees, the grocer retreated better and we pray about it, We decided that for a long time. This is what we needed to do, because there needs to be a change ass. She saw working there. No, she resigned right before me. Father complain about Surely it are fighting back after allegedly being fired over and Instagram Post she's now claiming discrimination. Now she is filed discrimination complaint with the Eco see civil rights complaint with it. You won't warm and opportunity

mission, Davis argues. The saints have two sets of rules and one for the players and an entirely different, more strict set of rules for its female cheerleaders, for example chair. Yours have to block players from there are social media can never interact with players in person or on line are not allowed to make eye contact with players if they come across a player in the tunnel and are not allowed to seem restaurant five years ago, it might have been defined, and certainly twenty years ago would have been different, but in twenty

Tina Color of the need to movement, as the NFL is kind of shifting its position here so too. Should these franchises unlikely these policies? I can, but we look because the bar soberly after your story was reported. We started hearing from professional cheerleaders from all over the country during my time as a damper. Back here later we were practice of the five main, but we and a lot of them have very similar thing:

to say we did not get a fact that the economic five hundred dollars for the whole year- it was you dollar the game. They complained about their low wages. Remember clearly in my car, my job because I'm exhausted the beginning of this even further can make your way. I remember raising my hand and asking ok if I were a hundred eight now we want me to where you know to utter a three to figure being criticised for how they looked and how much they weighed. I also remember the role that I took us about. How much do we could not associate with the player that all do you know they were going to draw up a list of the leaves of the Balkans? any sign of fire would have. Then I would have to pay off the floor for a little bit until about player with fine and the restrictions on their social media and their behaviour outside of the team nine hundred

now. Will you signed up for that? Didn't you? Water can be out that fell when drunk manner hack. When you understand, like you, signed up crazy, I don't care that in my twenty that I'm being at all, I hope you get rate Okay, I buy by the roll or I quit. You know, coaches are telling you, you know. If you quit, there's thousands of girls, he wanted her spot. So what are you going to? Do you give up your spot Nothing can change. You know when I was a sensation. It didn't bother We, like I, didn't see how destroying any wasn't I stepped back and our eyes. This can be so much better. These girls work just as hard their whole lives to reach a leadership as if a barbers did before lockers.

Why are we treated differently? Why do we have all these rules to protect ourselves from these predators like they handled handle their own, but one way you sort of new what you were getting into joining the ten. How do you feel about people say like you signed up, for this This is what it entail. Who wouldn't do anything to have their dream job? I mean it's your dream job you'll! Do anything to get there you'll do anything to keep your job No, no fragmentation and leaving a rash of appeal was there that was normal. You know that was our normal you're you're, an organization. You don't see it from outside its point of view. We need there is our Mars. We can go to renew the rash eyes, they would go to them. We knew we had to stay away from these. Like I said, was the normal, so we didn't question it, but that's insane type of normal right. So I knew what I was doing when I signed the contract, But now that I'm on outside it can be better. You know it doesn't have to say that I do not have to put up with these things

I'm so excited, and I really enjoyed good evening every My name is Amber. I want to be a member of this team because it allows me to him tat. I would love to be a faint station because I love to perform. I want to meet sensation not only for the amazing outward I sensation, because I loved forming on, I feel, and my reason for being a sensation is because I just love inspiring report, especially. I really would be an honour to become part of this amazing organisation. That really would be a blessing. Thank you. So maybe it's it's April I am and from what I understand, This year's try out for the sensations, are right around the corner and I wonder what like for you to know that this is the first year.

But you won't be there. I mean it's really hard, not getting ready for child's right now and feels very weird that I'm missing out on this. Do you wish that you're done the in that moment. Yes, I was, I barely seriously. I had to do was just not posted Instagram Photo and all this would be gone. But now I'm I'm glad it's all coming to light I don't want anybody else to be treated like this I want anybody else to be spoken down to like I was barely. Would you encourage your daughter to be a saints cheerleader in the same way that you followed in your mom's footsteps? If they change these rules and take care of their trailers are respected, as athletes? Yes, our one hundred per cent encouragement honour and that's why I'm doing this, because One day when a little girl comes up to me and says I want to be professional cheerleader. I want to tell her to go. You know that's an amazing job, but I want it to our

to be an empowering job and right now it's now empowering women at all thank you so much Bailey. I really appreciate your time. Thank you. Try out for next year's sensations team begin this weekend, we'll be right back this podcast supported by

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announced on Sunday by you, Ambassador Nicky Hayley were intended to punish Russia for tabling its our Syria to use chemical weapons. But by Monday the White House had backtracked The sanctions might not happen at all and on Tuesday cod low. The blame on Hayley, You got it the curve done. A great job is very effective ambassador. It might have been something momentary, confusion about that Hayley in a statement on Tuesday night said with all due respect, I dont get confused the times reports that members of the administration did intend to impose the sanctions, but then President Trump rejected the idea, and we also started talking to north korean directly.

Have had at very high levels, really high levels with north on Tuesday, didn't revealed that the? U S has had diplomatic contacts with North Korea in preparation. For a summit with its ruler Kim Jong we will probably be depending on various meetings- and conversations will be having meetings with give John. Very soon, it'll be taken ways. Probably in early June our before that is so big thing yeah. Well, if possible, things won't go well, are we won't? Have the meetings and we'll just continue to go along this very strong path, and we ve taken Trump said that there are five possible locations, review for that summit, but wouldn't name them. That's it for the daily Michael Barbaro, see tomorrow.

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