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The NFL makes like a newspaper

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    and cuts staff. More than 100, this says.

    http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/shared-gen/ap/General_Football_News/FBN_NFL_Layoffs.html
     
  2. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    I've seen up to 150.
     
  3. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Oh. I was going to go with ...and becomes irrelevant.

    But this is sad.
     
  4. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Why? Because we can.

    Fuck you too, NFL. Join mlb.com on the rot in hell list.
     
  5. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    It's a fucking depression, Charlie Brown
     
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Maybe, but it's also rotten pieces of shit cutting b/c the environment makes it acceptable to do so.

    As a friend just mentioned: That billion-dollar TV contract means nobody should lose his job.
     
  7. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    And folds?

    Whew, finally a fall of relaxation.
     
  8. Paper Dragon

    Paper Dragon Member

    Wonder how much the profit margin is/was ...
     
  9. markvid

    markvid Guest

    Amen - it's a public relations stunt.
     
  10. beardpuller

    beardpuller Active Member

    I logged on tonight to start a thread saying exactly this, but you gentlepersons beat me to it.
    What bullshit. The NFL doesn't want to appear fat and happy -- even though it is -- so a bunch of bottom-tier employees scraping out a living suddenly don't have jobs. There is nothing going on economically in the world of the NFL that requires this. Absolutely nothing.
    Until today, I was pretty impressed by what I'd seen of Roger Goodell. Not any more.
     
  11. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    I can't take credit for the doing-it-for-fun reasoning. That was brought up by Jeff Pearlman and others on the mlb.com thread.

    Along those lines, I sure hope someone asks Bud and Roger why they didn't just sacrifice a million bucks to save 10 jobs.

    Assholes.
     
  12. ScribePharisee

    ScribePharisee New Member

    But hey, look at the fat contracts still being tossed around, and the jackass agents ordering their clients to ask for more to offset the expected Obama tax increase on the rich.

    I haven't watched a pro anything in three weeks because of this shit.
     
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