The Rundown: 5 Things To Know About NFL Cheerleaders

You’re halfway through the week – you can do it!  

We’re channeling our inner cheerleader to put extra pep in your step and bring you today’s Rundown.

We’ve got spirit yes we do,

The Last Night’s Game Team  

Five Things to Know About NFL Cheerleaders

  1. In the NFL, cheerleaders make on average $9/hour or $100-150 per game. In case you were wondering what other key players in a game make, the NFL rookie minimum salary is $435,000 and the average pay for concession workers is $10-14/hour. Many cheerleaders have a flexible job that allows them to maintain the vigorous schedule during the season. Some of them are teachers, nurses or full-time students.
  2. The women are required to maintain a certain look (think hair color, makeup, no weight gain) with fear that they can be benched without pay if any facet of the contract is violated. Some team’s cheer coaches conduct “jiggle tests” to assess the firmness of the cheerleader's bodies.
  3. The NFL’s most famous pom-pom wielding gals, the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, have a vigorous application process that includes a written test with questions like “Who is the leader of North Korea? How many yards are assessed for a personal foul penalty?”
  4. A former Oakland Raiders cheerleader sued the team because she and her fellow cheerleaders were making an equivalent of $5/hour. She won her suit and the conversation around unfair wages for cheerleaders began. Many team are now paying their cheerleaders more in line with their state’s minimum wage, including the Raiders who upped the hourly rate to $9/hour (Jan 2015).
  5. There are six NFL teams without cheerleaders - Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers.
  • Extra credit: This video is guaranteed to make you smile. Lots of team’s cheerleaders dressed up for Halloween (think sexy pilot or sassy cowgirl). Romi Bean of the Denver Broncos cheer team took it to a whole new, awesome level dressing up like a T-Rex. Yep. Then she absolutely nailed her dance routine – with little T-rex arms and pom-poms. Like a boss. 

NFL (National Football League)

  • What controversy? Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is set to return from an injury but his replacement Dak Prescott has killing it on the field. (Something Romo hasn’t done in a long time). Romo said he is in full support of the rookie keeping the starting job. Prescott has lead the Cowboys to a stellar record with only one loss. (The name Tony Romo might sound familiar because he used to date Jessica Simpson).

Soccer

  • Rough road ahead. Team U.S.A. suffered its second loss in a row in World Cup 2018 qualifying, this time losing to Costa Rica. Qualifying games resume in March 2017 and the U.S. has a big hole to dig themselves out of to make it to the World Cup in Russia. Who wants to go to Russia anyway? 

Overtime

  • This weekend while fans rushed the field, Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard threw his helmet into the air to celebrate his team’s win over the Michigan Wolverines, only to lose his helmet in the chaos. Local authorities finally located his helmet on an Iowa fan who was wearing it around town to the all the bars. One man’s trash is another one’s treasure.

Sideline stat

  • After a weekend full of upsets, the College Football Playoff rankings did a little shuffle Tuesday night. Clemson dropped from #2 to #4 after their loss. Ohio State jumped to #2 and Washington fell out of top four. How does your team rank? Check here.
  1. Alabama Crimson Tide
  2. Ohio State Buckeye
  3. Michigan Wolverines
  4. Clemson Tigers

Coaches’ Corner

The Rundown: 5 Things to Know About UFC and Other Trending Topics

Now that the election fight is over we bring your attention back to New York where another historic fight is happening this weekend. Instead of crying or gloating, we present you with something else to talk about besides the election results.

You’re always a winner with us,

The Last Night’s Game Team

Five things to know about UFC

  1. UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship. MMA (Mixed Martial Arts ) refers to the sport, like baseball. UFC is the organization, like the MLB (Major League Baseball) is to baseball. It may appear that MMA is only a barbaric brawl but that is a misconception. It is sport of strategy, fought in the octagon (the ring), that is made up of many different disciplines some of which include boxing, judo, muy thai, jiu jitsu and wrestling.
  2. Dana White, current UFC President, and his high school buddies and Las Vegas casino owners, the Fertitta brothers bought the UFC franchise back in 2001 for $2 million. Fast forward to July 2016 when they signed a deal to sell the franchise for a reported $4 billion.
  3. One of the biggest fights for UFC outside of the octagon was obtaining approval of the rules and regulations by athletic commissions across U.S. and around the world. They needed this approval to host fights in each location. It took 14 years but this year they were given the green light in New York, the last state approval needed in the U.S.
  4. UFC 205 is this weekend and will be the first fight in New York, taking place at Madison Square Garden (MSG). The fight is already breaking records including the gate record for MSG (the gate is money brought in by ticket sales). According to Dana White, this fight has surpassed the current MSG record of $13.5 million and 21,284 spectators, a record set by a battle between Lewis/Holyfield (boxing) in 1999. 
  5. Headliner Conor McGregor is the biggest financial draw in UFC history with three straight million-buy pay-per-views under his belt and UFC 205 appears to be his fourth. (This means more than one million people bought his previous fights on pay-per-view. Cha-ching)! McGregor will face Eddie Alvarez for lightweight title. 

NCAA football (College)

  • The results are in (no not those results). The new college football playoff rankings were released Tuesday and the Washington Huskies moved into the coveted number #4 spot. (The top four teams play for the national championship).

  1. Alabama

  2. Clemson

  3. Michigan

  4. Washington

Overtime

  • The Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City is famous for being haunted, but NBA (National Basketball Association) teams still stay there. The hotel is haunted by Effie who allegedly threw herself off the 10th floor with her baby. Players have claimed to see a ghost in their room causing some scaredy cat players room with their teammates. For the record, this is the same hotel whose bed bugs caused Kyrie Irving to miss a game last season. I ain't afraid of no ghost, but bed bugs? Terrifying. 

Sideline stat

  • The Cleveland Cavaliers were the lone undefeated team in the NBA (National Basketball Association) at 6-0. Tuesday night the Atlanta Hawks handed the Cavs their first loss of the season. 

Coaches’ Corner

  • For some reason MLB (Major League Baseball) thought it was a great idea to announce their Golden Glove winners last night while election results were rolling in. (Yes there were other things on TV).  The Gold Glove award goes to one defensive player per position in each league. The San Francisco Giants lead with three winners. Here’s the complete list of winners.

The Rundown: 5 Things to Know About the NYC Marathon

Hold on to your hats – today’s Rundown is going to blow you away. Tonight we have game seven of the World Series - something we’ve been training for all year. In the category of things we haven’t been training for, the (in)famous New York City Marathon is this weekend. It’s much easier to read about it than run it.  

We’re tired just thinking about it,

The Last Night’s Game Team

Five things to know about New York City Marathon

  1. The Marathon is this Sunday, November 5th at 9 am EST on ESPN2. Like all marathons it’s 26.2 miles of pure joy. The race boasts 50,000 runners.
  2. Runners have to qualify to participate in the race. The times are no joke with 3:15 (3 hours, 15 minutes) for women ages 35-39 and 2:55 for men of the same age. (See how fast would you have to run to qualify). Runners are also admitted through a lottery. Either way you’re paying $255 (for U.S. runners) to run in the race.
  3. The first New York City Marathon took place in 1970 with 55 runners. In 1972, women ran in it for the first time. The AAU, the then-governing body of marathons, had squashed the idea of women running in marathons previously. They went as far as publishing baseless “scientific” research stating that “women who ran more than a few miles risked infertility” to keep women from lining up at the start line. 
  4. Celebrities running in this year’s race include: Jeanette Jenkins (celebrity trainer), Tiki Barber (Former NY Giants running back and TV personality), Sean Astin (actor who starred in Rudy, Goonies and Lord of the Rings), Jacqueline Laurita (Real Housewives of New Jersey) and Richard Blais (Restaurateur and winner of Top Chef: All-Stars).
  5. In case you’re wondering: the fastest times are Geoffrey Mutai 2:05.06 (2011) in the men’s category and Margaret Okayo 2:22.31 (2003) for the women. For a point of reference, the average race time is 4:43.45.

MLB (Major League Baseball)

  • Like a kid at Christmas. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians at home last night in a World Series elimination game. Tonight the Cubs and Indians are giving America an early Christmas gift by playing a winner-takes-all game in Cleveland for the title. Game Seven of the World Series is as exciting as it’s going to get, even if you don’t like baseball. Every at bat and every pitch counts; you can cut the tension with a knife. Tune in tonight at 8:08 pm EST on FOX.

NCAA Football (College)

  • Your office will be buzzing about it. The first official rankings for the College Football Playoffs were released Tuesday night (and will be released every Tuesday for the rest of the season). Three undefeated teams round out the top three, but the one-loss Texas A&M team topped the undefeated Washington Huskies in the rankings.
  1. Alabama Crimson Tide
  2. Michigan Wolverines
  3. Clemson Tigers
  4. Texas A&M Aggies

Overtime

  • Joe Buck has done a great job announcing the World Series on FOX, but he will always have his haters. One Cleveland fan took Buck’s admiration for Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber and turned it into an online wedding registry at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Clever.   

Sideline stat

  • Only six teams in MLB history have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series. (The Cubs were down 3-1 going into yesterday’s game, which they won).

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