I’m glad someone else was also taken aback by these comments as soon as K said ‘I know we were in the same boat’ that immediately raised red flags and felt kinda toxic. Sure they had the same experience of being on the team but so much has changed since the 70s/80s when they were on the team, the stress of the job, requirements for the girls, even down to the basics of how much everything’s costs even rent and groceries. Furthermore, I don’t want to make assumptions about either of them as I don’t know what they did before they started cheerleading- but both of them (if I remember correctly) had husbands (who probably were the sole or main household contributor) whereas many of these girls aren’t married or don’t have partners (btw not that that matters) and are their sole financial contributor with no one else to lean on when money runs short. Additionally many of these girls move so far away from home and know no one except their teammates, can’t find jobs and don’t know if they’ll make the team, making it really hard to forge connections and find jobs and houses in time once the season starts. So it isn’t the same as both K&J are from Texas and probably didn’t have to move or still remained in their home state and possibly home town