SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A lawsuit accusing the NFL and team owners of conspiring to suppress wages for cheerleaders lacks evidence to support that claim, a federal judge said.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup dismissed the lawsuit by a former San Francisco 49ers cheerleader. The lawsuit sought class action status on behalf of all NFL cheerleaders.
”To state an antitrust claim here, plaintiff must plead not only `ultimate facts, such as conspiracy, and legal conclusions,”’ Alsup said in his filing late Thursday night. ”The complaint must answer the basic questions of `who, did what, to whom (or with whom), where, and when?