supposedly the player strike happened late in the season, they mention they only have 4 games left. The cheerleader squad should have been in place from the beginning of the season. As far as I know, cheerleaders don't strike if the players do.
I know it's just a movie and they needed a way to introduce the strippers as cheerleaders but it's just something that's always bugged me about the movie.
plus the head cheerleader is not in charge.
shareIt's just a way to get some women in skimpy clothing dancing sensually and erotically on the screen. Adds some spice to the movie. That's really all there is to it.
shareIt actually makes little to no sense at all if you actually think about it. The entire cheerleading squad except for one girl left? And everyone but her is a stripper? And in strike football would anyone even care if they had cheerleaders?
And she clearly states at one point that she knows a cheerleader from Detroit (?) so apparently the other teams kept their cheerleaders?
My Sig: Nothing.
i can't believe i'm going to actually answer this considering the real purpose of the cheerleaders is to give the lead female an actual role so she's not just some random nobody, you need to connect her to Falco somehow.
Also, the head cheerleader in some cases may be the coach or choreographer that's not unusual especially if she is attractive. Also, the replacement cheerleaders were the strippers.
Most NFL teams have rules against cheerleaders fraternizing with players. I guess they didn't care about scabs.
NFL cheerleaders get paid next to nothing. I heard they get something like $50 a game. I am not joking. They are obviously not full time staff and would unlikely have a union. But it is possible that the real cheerleaders refused to cross the picket lines. I don't know if that happened during the NFL players strike of 1987.
Unions support other unions. Likely the cheerleaders were unionized too and they walked out in support of the players union. Happens all the time.
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