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Members of the Buffalo Jills during the singing of the national anthem at a pre-season game on August 28, 2008 A photo of the 2010-2011 Buffalo Jills squad at their June 1, 2010 Open Practice. The Buffalo Jills were the cheerleading squad for the Buffalo Bills professional American football team. [1]
The film follows the stories of two former cheerleaders; Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields, of the Los Angeles Raiderettes and Maria Pinzone, [6] of the Buffalo Jills [7] as they filed lawsuits against their teams for unlawful employment policies, bias, and pay discrimination.
The Bills and Jills were previously involved in a legal battle, in which the Jills alleged they were employees, not independent contractors, and sought back pay. [ 159 ] [ 160 ] On March 3, 2022, a settlement was reached where the Bills agreed to pay the Jills $3.5 million, while Cumulus Media paid $4 million in stock options of the company ...
However, the Buffalo Jills NFL Cheerleaders Alumni Association stands strong and continues its traditions with pride. Shana Klimeczko, who was a Buffalo Jill for the NFL's 2005-2006 season and is ...
Cumulus had to pay $4M while the team, known professionally as the Buffalo Jills, agreed to give $3.5M. Things came to a close for the case, as well as the cheerleaders, since the 50+ athletes ...
The Buffalo Bills endorsed the officially independent Buffalo Jills from 1966 to 2013; when several cheerleaders sued both the Bills and the Bills organizations, the Jills suspended operations. [24] Teams of "unofficial" cheerleaders began emerging in 2010 for NFL teams that did not have their own dance squad.
On December 11, 2024, the NFL approved the sale of 20.6% of the Buffalo Bills franchise to a consortium of private equity firms, the first time private equity firms had been approved to own a stake in an NFL franchise. 10% of the franchise will be held by Arctos, while the remaining 10.6% will be divided among executives at Acrew Capital, Bank ...
The National Football League (NFL)'s Buffalo Bills commissioned a version of "Shout" in 1987 with modified lyrics sung by jingle writer Scott Kemper. [12] It has served as the team's official fight song ever since, [ 13 ] except for a brief period in 1993 when Polaroid 's worldwide licensing of the song for the aforementioned ad campaign led to ...