You think the National Football League is immune to the nations economic downturn you are very wrong. The NFL has trimmed it's staff by 15% through buyouts, layoffs and other staff reductions (pink slips, firing squad, etc.) Seventy-six people took buyouts while 45 jobs were eliminated and 48 openings went unfilled.
The financial pain extends to the NFL commish. Roger Goodell has voluntarily taken a 20% pay cut from his $11 million dollar salary and bonuses the jolly Roger was suppose to receive this past year. Other league executives will see a salary freeze for 2009. No raises for you.
The move affects NFL headquarters in New York, NFL Films in Mount Laurel, N.J., and the NFL Network in Los Angeles and somewhere down the line you, the NFL fan.
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