As a fan of San Francisco 49ers, I’m calling on Jed & John York & Denise DeBartolo York to pay our cheerleaders a fair wage.

While NFL Cheerleaders bring in as much as $1 million dollars each season for their teams in merchandising and promotions, many get paid as little as $150 per game.

In fact, while NFL Cheerleaders do have some opportunities for outside appearances, many of these skilled athletes make less than $1000 per year.
That's so far below minimum wage it's not even funny - and sounds illegal to me.
Comparatively, an NFL Mascot can make as much as $65,000 per season.
But then, many of the mascots are male.

NFL Cheerleaders spend countless hours at practice each week, perfecting their routines, but most aren’t paid for any of it. Cheerleaders are workers and workers deserve to be paid fairly.

Just imagine what our games would be like without the cheerleaders. In fact, all those years when the Super Bowl was completely out of reach, the cheerleaders were the only people on the field worth watching! If you were lucky enough to be related to one of these beautiful, talented, and HARD WORKING young women, wouldn't you be appalled at how much they're paid? HEY - THE OAKLAND RAIDERS HAVE AGREED TO RAISE THEIR CHEERLEADERS SALARY - SO HOW 'BOUT IT, NINERS???

Join me in telling the Niners to commit to paying their Cheerleaders a living wage for the work they do to support San Francisco to victory.