{"id":340895,"date":"2026-06-18T05:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340895\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:03:45","slug":"23-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340895\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have a renewed obsession with the cult-like phenomenon that is the DCC after watching season three of America\u2019s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders<\/a>? Same. Like, doing the \u201cThunderstruck\u201d routine at this very moment-levels of saaaame. But something to consider before ordering your pom-poms: The DCC has more rules than Dua Lipa circa 2017. And a lot of them are best described as \u201cderanged.\u201d<\/p>\n

While seasons one through three of the Netflix doc covered some of the DCC\u2019s guidelines, we went ahead and did some additional sleuthing. Presenting: all the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders rules we could get our hands on.<\/p>\n

You have to<\/a> look \u201cwell-proportioned\u201d in dance wear.You must<\/a> \u201cwear shades that complement your natural beauty\u201d when it comes to makeup.Glitter is a no. The DCC encourages<\/a> rookies to \u201cchoose mostly mattes for eye shadows\u201d and asks that they \u201cavoid a very glittery look.\u201dDancers are told<\/a> to \u201cavoid false eyelashes that are very solid or very long, as they can make eyes appear heavy and too dark.\u201d\u201cLoud\/bright\u201d cheek and lip colors should be avoided<\/a> in favor of \u201cvibrant neutral tones.\u201dYou shouldn’t go overboard on your contour\/highlighter and must avoid<\/a> spray tans with \u201corange tones.\u201dAbsolutely NO<\/a> visible tattoos.Dating NFL players is strictly prohibited. As one former cheerleader put it on Inside Edition<\/a>, \u201cNo fraternizing with the players\u2014not dating the players, you couldn\u2019t even be around the players.\u201dYou have to maintain your weight. We saw the repercussions of this regressive\/messed-up policy on the docuseries when Victoria Kalina said, \u201cYou don’t get a new uniform. Like, once you’re fitted for that uniform, that size is the size that you get. You don’t get to go up. If you go up, they’re like, \u2018Why does this not fit you?\u2019\u201dNo going out in jeans. At least back in the early years of the squad<\/a>!No chewing gum, a rule which dates back to the days of director Suzanne Mitchell. Actually, Netflix got their hands on a rule book from her era, where it’s written in all caps: \u201cNO GUM, CANDY, SOFT DRINKS, ETC. ARE ALLOWED IN THE STUDIO. CANDY IS FATTENING & GUM IS UNLADYLIKE!\u201d Oh, and right under that, it reads \u201cexcessive intake of water during any rehearsal is not permitted.\u201d Gonna hope\/assume this rule is no longer part of the official book!No pouting<\/a>.You need to be in full hair and makeup every day.You can’t miss rehearsal.You have to eat a \u201cproper diet.\u201d We also saw this part of the rule book in season one, and based on the fact that Kelli’s name is at the top, it seems somewhat contemporary. Notes? Take vitamins, eat a healthy breakfast, drink eight glasses of water a day, and don’t eat after 6 p.m.You can’t appear anywhere alcohol is served or attend parties. And shockingly this isn’t even a throwback rule from the 1970s\u2014the New York Times<\/a> reported on it in 2018.You have to \u201cgive every living creature you meet a smile.\u201d An impossible-to-implement ask featured in season two’s glimpse at the rule book.”Don’t whine.”NEVER be late (or risk sitting out a game).You must say, \u201cYes, ma\u2019am.\u201dYou can’t post \u201cprovocative pictures\u201d on Instagram\u2014which was made clear in season two.You can’t bring strangers into a group setting (see: Chandi’s \u201cscandal\u201d during the Bahamas trip in season two<\/a>).Absolutely no dishing about the team on social media. KayDianna learned this the hard way when she was suspended<\/a> for merely alluding to the Chandi situation on TikTok live.<\/p>\n

Welp. This has been a lot. But very much here for the DCC doing whatever they want in the future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have a renewed obsession with the cult-like phenomenon that is the DCC after watching season three of America\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[121233,121232,44645,121546,102,104,103,28234,100445,121547,24577,89712,121545,121231],"class_list":["post-340895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-collection-netflix","tag-collection-reality-tv-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-ccbd0255-1293-4ff8-b71d-b6413d2f3c73","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-listen_time-227","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-3","tag-shorttitle-23-wild-rules-dc-cheerleaders-must-follow","tag-subsection-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}