The National Football League has indicated it is open to having discussions with cheerleaders to improve their working conditions, an attorney representing two former cheerleaders in gender-discrimination claims told The New York Times.
The NFL confirmed to the newspaper that a letter was sent to attorney Sara Blackwell, who is representing cheerleaders who filed claims earlier this year against the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins.
The league's letter is in response to Blackwell's offer to drop the complaints if NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and league lawyers had a "good faith" meeting with at least four cheerleaders to create binding rules and regulations for all teams.