We would like to thank Time Magazine and Paige Skinner for shining the spotlight on the disturbing trend in the NBA of eliminating all-female professional dance teams. We have been very vocal advocates of holding these NBA teams accountable for the disrespectful manner in which they removed these dance programs and showed complete disregard for the contributions these women have made to their teams and broader communities.
" Mhkeeba Pate, who danced for the Seattle Seahawks for five years before starting the Pro Cheerleading Podcast, started the hashtag and wrote an open letter with her co-host Brittany Corley to the NBA teams who got rid of their all-female dance teams this year, suggesting the teams were cut as a knee-jerk reaction to complaints of unfair pay."
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