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Mike Freeman's 10-Point Stance: Why the NFL Treats Cheerleaders Like Dirt

Why is the NFL so awful to its cheerleaders? What's wrong with the Panthers? How can rookies look like NFLers without wasting their first paychecks? Who can fix the Packers defense? The answers to those questions and more in this week's 10-Point Stance.

1. The NFL's cheerleader conundrum

Years ago, I wrote a story about how perverts were spying on naked Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders.

For decades, from the 1980s until the early 2000s, players, coaches and owners would ogle the cheerleaders through carved-out peepholes as the cheerleaders showered.