Ex-Cheerleader: New Orleans Saints Discriminates Against Women

The New Orleans Saints football players and cheerleaders are held to markedly different rules for fraternization and social media even though they work for the same employer, according to a charge filed March 26 with a federal anti-discrimination agency.

Saints cheerleaders aren’t allowed to follow coaches or players on social media, exchange messages with them, or even be seen in the same nightclub or restaurant as a coach or player, according to the squad’s written rules. They also aren’t allowed to post pictures to their personal accounts where they’re holding alcohol or in which they are nude or semi-nude.

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