The Old Bump-and-Grind

The Old Bump-and-Grind

The NYT ran a story yesterday about the Buffalo Jills, those young women who gyrate with poms along the sidelines at Ralph Wilson Stadium.  Several cheerleaders are suing the Bills for violation of state minimum wage laws.  According to the story, one Jill received $400 while working in excess of 800 hours.  So far, the team’s response has been along the lines of “What, we have cheerleaders?”

My father-in-law told his two young daughters when they were growing up to play rather than cheer those who did.  His granddaughter heard that same message loud and clear.  Clare couldn’t care less how hard cheerleading is or how often it leads to injury.  Basically, she wants to know where the stats are.  Do they keep any for most high kicks in a career or booty-bumps?

The Bulls and Blackhawks have cheerleaders while the Bears and White Sox don’t, although the Sox have female interns in shorts on top of the dugout at times during a game.  A friend of Clare’s from travel ball did that over the summer.  My daughter was not interested in joining her.

Clare knows it’s better to be in the dugout than on top of it.