Cheer college 'only paid $30K from Netflix' ... as enrollment at Navarro College DROPS

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Navarro College, the setting for the popular Netflix docuseries Cheer, which just dropped season two, reportedly earned just $30K a year from the streaming giant, Sporticoreported on Wednesday - despite the company boasting a $25million profit in 2020.Along with Navarro, nearby Texas rival school, Trinity Valley Community College, was also paid just the relatively small location fee in order to serve as the other backdrop for the show.Additionally, the meteoric popularity of the show hasn't translated to on-campus interest with Navarro's director of marketing and public information,Stacie Sipes, telling the outlet that enrollment has actually declined since season one.

Bad deal:Navarro College, the setting for Netflix's Cheer, reportedly earned just $30K a year from the streaming giant, Sportico reported on WednesdayWhen Netflix first tapped Navarro to be the subject of their then-untitled cheerleading reality series in 2018, the school agreed to be paid $30K from the production company to film, it has been reported.The deal, signed between the school and Boardwalk Pictures also 'provided Cheer's producers with an exclusive option to renew for five additional academic years, at the same fee.' 'Everybody thinks we made a million dollars off of the show, and as you can see from the contract, we did not,' Sipes told Sportico.In 2020, Netflix also got the school to sign away 50% of merchandising revenue.

That was the same year the company reported a $25million profit. Setting the stage:The deal, signed between the school and Boardwalk Pictures also 'provided Cheer's producers with an exclusive option to renew for five additional academic years, at the same fee' Season one of Cheer also debuted in 2020 and became an instant.