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Free agency is about to begin. Some players are going to get contracts that will pay them multiple millions of dollars a year.
Everyone in life is entitled to earn as much as they can -- and this certainly is not putting the blame on the players who make the product as good as it is -- but something is very wrong.
As players haggle with bazillionaire owners over whether or not $10 million a year is good enough, it must be kept in mind that just over two months ago, the NFL announced it was laying off staff.
The NFL eliminated about 150 of its staff of 1,100 in New York, NFL Films in New Jersey and television and Internet production facilities in Los Angeles.
It's not Nnamdi Asomugha's fault he got a contract that will pay him nearly $30 million in guaranteed money over the next three years. It's not Albert Haynesworth or Kurt Warner's problem that they will command massive bucks on the free agent market, but something is clearly broken.
Forget about the league's labor issues, talks of an uncapped year, a CBA, etc. That's a fight among millionaires and billionaires. What about the office grunts who lost their jobs around holiday season? How is it possible that layoffs could occur in the league office of a business that has revenues of approximately $6.5 billion?
The NFL isn't alone in this problem. Other sports leagues have faced the same issue. It just doesn't make sense though that a business filled with overly rich owners and extremely well-paid players would have to cut folks who most likely aren't commanding more than five-figure salaries.
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