The biggest Super Bowl dispute since halftime between Janet and Justin exposed cracks in the dance
0Halftime performance with numerous field cast during the 2018 Pepsi ... Super Bowl LII Halftime Show. Getty Images This year’s halftime show is mired in controversy after a call was put out for 400 to participate in the halftime show as volunteers alongside 115 paid dancers on a union job. After substantial protest "SAG-AFTRA has worked with the producers of the Super Bowl Halftime Show to ensure that all professional performers are covered under a collective bargaining agreement. SAG-AFTRA representatives will be on-site during the performance and the union has taken every effort to ensure that everyone appearing in the Halftime Show 250 per person. CBS reportedly made a record $545 million in ad revenue during the 2021 Super Bowl economists claim the Super Bowl can bring between $30 to $130 million for host cities. The 2022 Super Bowl ticket packages listed on the NFL’s website start at $5 This is not your grandma’s charity ball. It’s the Super Bowl professional dancers were outraged at the Super Bowl the concept that seems closest to the role of these field cast members designed to bring up the energy at the halftime show. Requiring people to be available without compensation is a poor labor practice in any industry. Field cast were provided a deal memorandum with rehearsal dates it was announced that these field cast members would in fact be paid $15/hr particularly given that similar concerns were raised just last year by dancers confused by the mixing of paid and unpaid participants in the 2021 halftime show. A SAG-AFTRA rep noted regardless of whether field cast are categorized as dancers or as extras to have been offered to volunteer their labor instead of a contract at union rates. What went wrong here to cause such outrage