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Five former cheerleaders of the Buffalo Bills have filed suit alleging mistreatment and that they were paid below minimum wage. The women claim that considering the 20 to 35 required community events as well as working all of the regular season games and make anywhere between $105 and $1,800 per year. One of the primary plaintiffs states that she estimates that the Buffalo Jills, as the Bills cheerleaders are known, work unpaid approximately 840 hours per year, or about 20 hours per week. The former Jills also claim that they are subjected to degrading sexual comments and touching regularly at the required community events. The suit goes on to cite several other alleged practices that are said to be common place and violate state and federal wage and accounting laws.