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HOUSTON (AP)Five former NFL cheerleaders sued the Houston Texans on Friday Will Fuller Jersey , alleging the team failed to fully compensate them as required by law and subjected them to a hostile work environment in which they were harassed, intimidated and forced to live in fear.The lawsuit, filed in Houston federal court, accuses the franchise of paying the women less than the $7.25 per hour they were promised, not compensating them for making public appearances or performing other tasks related to their jobs and creating a workplace where the women were threatened with being fired for voicing any complaints.”I and my fellow cheerleaders were treated as the lowest of the low,” Hannah Turnbow said at a news conference. ”The Houston Texans were paid thousands of dollars to have us show up at appearances at locations all over Texas with no security, no transportation and where our safety was not guaranteed.”Turnbow said that after she was left with abrasions on her shoulder when she was attacked by a fan at one game Nick Martin Jersey , the team told her ”to just suck it up.””We were harassed, bullied and body shamed for $7.25 an hour,” said ex-cheerleader Ainsley Parish.Texans spokeswoman Amy Palcic said the team is constantly evaluating its cheerleader program and makes changes ”as needed to make the program enjoyable for everyone.””We are proud of the cheerleader program and have had hundreds of women participate and enjoy their experience while making a positive impact in the local community,” Palcic said in a brief statement.Prominent women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred, who’s representing the cheerleaders, alleged the women were paid ”so little or not paid at all” for much of the work they did because of their gender.”Surely (Texans owner Bob) McNair and the Houston Texans can find it in their budget of hundreds of millions of dollars to pay these women a fair wage, not minimum wage Tyler Ervin Jersey ,” Allred said. ”I say, stop penny pinching. Pay these women what they deserve and make sure you pay them for every minute that they work.”The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages.This is the second such lawsuit filed against the Texans.Last month, three ex-cheerleaders also filed suit in Houston federal court, accusing the Texans of not paying them minimum wage, not paying overtime wages and accusing a cheerleading supervisor of body shaming them.These lawsuits are part of a series of recent complaints that have been made by cheerleaders against NFL teams across the country.The New York Times reported last month that on a trip to Costa Rica for a photo shoot in 2013, Washington Redskins cheerleaders had their passports collected, were forced to be topless for a calendar photo shoot that included male spectators and were asked to be escorts for sponsors at a nightclub.Former cheerleaders with the Miami Dolphins and the New Orleans Saints also have filed recent discriminatory complaints and lawsuits against their ex-teams.Last year Benardrick McKinney Jersey , a federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit that had been filed by a former San Francisco 49ers cheerleader who had accused the NFL and team owners of conspiring to suppress wages for cheerleaders.Allred said she planned next week to present a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking him to review the complaints being made by her clients and other cheerleaders about their working conditions.— Things are going to be slightly different when football begins again in 2019."The coaches and general managers are all out in Arizona hamming it up at some desert spa resort because they are conducting super secret official NFL business. During these spring meetings the NFL competition committee gathers around the camp fire and votes on proposed rule changes. This year there are five of them. This information is from the Los Angeles Chargers official team site. 1.) By Competition Committee; Makes permanent the kickoff rule changes that were implemented during the 2018 season.2.) By Competition Committee. It redefines a blindside block as it is a foul if a player initiates a block in which he is moving toward or parallel to his own end line and makes forcible contact to his opponent with his helmet, forearm, or shoulder. It also points out that a player may initiate forcible contact inside the tackle box, but is subject to the crackback and “peel back” block restrictions.3.) By Competition Committee; Simplifies the application of scrimmage kick rules for missed field goals.4.) By Competition Committee; Simplifies the application of scrimmage kick rules for missed field goals.What it does: Scrimmage kick rules apply if a Team B player touches a missed field goal attempt in the end zone before the ball touches the ground, or when either team recovers the ball behind the line of scrimmage.5.) By Competition Committee; Allows teams to elect to enforce on the succeeding try or on the succeeding free kick an opponent’s personal or unsportsmanlike conduct foul committed during a touchdown.The league is also going to permit coaches to challenge pass interference penalties for the 2019 season. There you have it. These are the conditions teams will be playing under in 2019.