Dallas Mavericks team CEO Cynthia Marshall is in some hot waters right now following her recent decision to disband the Mavs all-female dance group. As a self-professed feminist, it was Marshall's objective to make the Mavs in-game entertainment more “family-friendly,” and in her mind, the dancers' routines did not fall into this specific category.

However, Kathryn Dunn, a former Mavs dancer between 2013 and 2016, criticized Marhsall's decision, stating that she believes this move went against the very essence of feminism.

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“I think Cynthia made up her mind that she didn't want dancers,” Dunn says, via Paige Skinner of the Dallas Observer. “and I think she made that up last season when she came on and said the whole thing about how we're going to make the team family-friendly, and I don't think there's anything that anyone could have done to change her mind.

“If Cynthia really is the feminist she claims to be, then you also have to consider that … a true feminist woman, she can't cast stones at another woman for how they dance or for how they dress,” Dunn says. “That's a really low blow. I think that's where everybody is getting a little bit offended, because how dare Cynthia tell me I'm not family-friendly.”

Female dancers have long been part and parcel of the sport of basketball, and this move by the Mavs top executive is definitely something that has sparked controversy. Right now, her beliefs and the very principles she stands for are being questioned by those she has offended, and it does seem that this issue is far from over.