Yes, you should watch the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders show on Netflix and I'll tell you exactly why

If you fire up Netflix right now, there’s a good chance you will be met with a front page preview of Season 2 of “America’s Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.” There’s also a good chance you will immediately scroll down because you’re a football fan and you’re not even into the whole cheerleader experience.

Well let me tell you something. It’s actually worth your time. At least, that’s how I felt when I was convinced by my girlfriend to watch Season 1. Between you and me, I was actually hooked on the thing. I ended up writing about the three things I didn’t know about the iconic Cowboys cheerleaders.

Well, Season 2 comes out Wednesday and as a result, I’m revisiting some of my biggest takeaways from that post in an attempt to let you know why you should watch it. Trust me, it’s coming from someone who never cared about the DCC despite years of being a diehard Cowboys fan.

These women are as passionate about their job as NFL players are

This is by far the biggest takeaway I had with the show. Sure, to be there of course they had to be passionate. But this is some Friday Night Lights kind of passion, man. They’re working double jobs. They’re growing up idolizing the DCC uniform, in some cases being unhealthily obsessed with the idea of someday wearing it. And even when they do get to wear it, there’s so much self-doubt going around. Some suffer more than they seem to enjoy it.

In other words, there’s intensity going on the whole show. I wrote about last season:

Take group leader and fifth-year veteran Kelcey for example (yeah, I know her names now). She's a nurse who is self-admittedly on four hours of sleep at times and still shows up for the gig. Meanwhile, Victoria seemingly grew up her entire life yearning to be a DCC because her mother was one before her and for a good chunk of the show it appears to be her sole purpose in life, to a point where it's tough to watch at times (although if you stick around for the ending you'll love how things end up for her).

They do it despite barely making money.

To further my previous point, unlike NFL players, these women aren’t making enough money, dude. Some quick math I did last year (the exact numbers are irrelevant but part of a larger point):

*At one point of the show, Kat claims she's "making like a Chick-Fil-A worker that works full-time."

According to Zip Recruiter, the average pay in Dallas, TX is $32 an hour while the 25th percentile hits $23. Per Indeed, a Chick-Fil-A restaurant staff member in Texas makes an average hourly wage of under $15.

Heck, Charlotte Jones is on camera saying "They're not paid a lot. But the facts are that they actually don't come here for the money." YouTube NFL analyst Brett Kollmann joked last year the show “might be the most unintentionally pro-union piece of media ever made.”

And while I’m not writing all of this to fight for their salaries, it perfectly illustrates the passion I’m talking about surrounding the show.

If you're a Cowboys fan, it's worth the watch

There's never anything wrong with learning more lore about your favorite team.

If you’re someone who misses old-school coaching, you’ll like the cheerleaders’ coach. Trust me, she’s a badass. You’ll learn about the gameday operation of the cheerleaders, including the fact that they don’t have choreographies for the songs played at the AT&T Stadium.

Plus, come on. Don’t be afraid to admit you like some drama.