{"id":339548,"date":"2026-06-17T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339548\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:30:27","slug":"dayton-bramhalls-mom-breaks-down-after-dallas-cowboy-cheerleader-hopeful-gets-cut-for-fifth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339548\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Bramhall\u2019s Mom Breaks Down After Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader Hopeful Gets Cut for Fifth Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader hopeful Dayton Bramhall<\/a> was left in tears after failing to make the 2026 squad<\/a>, and her mother, Shelly Bramhall \u2014 an associate choreographer for the organization \u2014 didn\u2019t hold back her thoughts on the decision.<\/p>\n

The 2026 cut marked Dayton\u2019s fifth unsuccessful audition for the DCC after previously trying out in 2017, 2018, 2024 and 2025. For Shelly, who cheered for the Cowboys in 1989 and is close friends with members of the organization\u2019s leadership, the decision was especially difficult to accept.<\/p>\n

Cameras captured Shelly breaking down in sobs after Dayton didn\u2019t progress to training camp in season 3 of Netflix\u2019s America\u2019s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not okay,\u201d she said. \u201cShe did everything they asked her to do. You take strangers that you don\u2019t know and you can\u2019t even give someone you held in the hospital a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

DCC director Kelli Finglass, a longtime friend of the Bramhall family, admitted that the dynamic with Dayton\u2019s audition was \u201ccomplicated,\u201d but maintained that the \u201cjudges were consistent\u201d throughout the process.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can sleep at night because I know that we gave her every opportunity, and she did herself too,\u201d Finglass continued. \u201cShe\u2019s worked hard. It\u2019s just sad that it didn\u2019t work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judy Trammell, the team\u2019s head choreographer, also found the situation difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cDayton\u2019s situation has probably been one of the hardest things in my career,\u201d she told cameras. \u201cI would not have wanted Dayton to have had to go through another training camp and be cut again. I think that letting her go at finals was probably the best thing for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toward the end of the episode, Dayton spoke with Finglass\u2019 daughter, Samantha, and told her she likely wouldn\u2019t be back to try out again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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