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Former Saints cheerleader files discrimination complaint against team: report

A former New Orleans Saints cheerleader has filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that said the team has a different set of rules for its players than it does for cheerleaders, the New York Times reported.

Bailey Davis, the former Saints cheerleader, said the team fired her after she posted a photo of herself in a one-piece bathing suit on a personal social media page in January, which the team said violated a policy that prohibited cheerleaders from appearing nude, seminude or in lingerie, the report said.

The complaint accused the Saints of having a different set of rules for its cheerleaders, who are all women, than for its players, all men.