It's been more than 10 years since Edith Patel cheered and danced at NRG, which at the time was Reliant Stadium.[br /][br /]She says she loved her days as a Texans cheerleader.[br /][br /][media ID="3600194" /][br /][Ads /][br /]"To me it was amazing opportunity and I love everything about it, and it was all the perks when I was on the team that that was even just an added bonus," Patel said.[br /][br /]She says she got a monthly hair allowance and hundreds of dollars worth of makeup. She says the team even paid for appearances, and their driving mileage.[br /][br /]Patel says when she heard about the allegations from five other former Texans cheerleaders that "it's very shocking when I hear about that because I felt like we were treated greatly. I mean, by the coach, by the Texans, and staff, even to the point where at the end of the year we got a piece of jewelry for every year that you were on the team."[br /][br /]But in a lawsuit, the former Texans cheerleaders painted a different picture.[br /][Ads /][br /]They claim the Texans "failed to fully compensate the $7.25 wage as required by law and subjected them to a hostile work environment in which they were harassed, intimidated, body shamed and forced to live in fear."[br /][br /]They weren't even compensated for public appearances or performing other tasks related to their jobs, which are things Patel says she never experienced, but it was a different time, a different culture and under different management.[br /][br /]"And I was thinking, 'it can't have changed that much because I still participate in some alumni events. It's just kind of unbelievable," Patel said.[br /][br /]For Patel, she went on to be a teacher and still does alumni work with the Texans.[br /][br /][/i][i]Follow Chauncy Glover on [url HREF="https://www.facebook.com/ABC13ChauncyGlover/" TARGET="new" REL="nofollow"]Facebook[/url] and [url HREF="https://twitter.com/ChauncyOnTV" TARGET="new" REL="nofollow"]Twitter[/url].