Dak Prescott Highlights Stark Salary Discrepancy in NFL Entertainment News

The Stark Salary Gap in NFL

While Reece Weaver is grateful that she still earns an income for dancing on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders team, it is still pennies compared to the salaries allocated for the football players. During Weaver’s recent appearance on the Unplanned podcast, she was asked about the salary discrepancy following host Matt Howard questioning whether a Google answer of $75,000 was listed as the correct income for DCCs.

“There is your testament to never trust what Google says,” Weaver, 22, quipped, confirming she earns less than that amount for the entire NFL season. “I would say [it’s lower], but I know there’s a lot of controversy with how much we get paid and stuff like that. I’m grateful that we do get paid because, in some instances, some NFL programs do not get paid as much as we do. So, we are very grateful in that sense.”

Weaver continued, “Like any other NFL cheerleader, you have to be able to have another income coming in [and] you have to have another job with it. Yes, you do see these football players and you’re, like, ‘Wow, you are making so much money,’ but at the end of this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and because it is so prestigious, not everyone can say they’re a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. That in itself is a chapter I’m always going to cherish.”