NFL Films lays off 21 employees

• KellyDwyer

  +2

  I have a friend (who now works at SI) who interned there for a year, and he said that the place was filled with generous, solid people -- Sabol included.

  Willy-nilly lay-offs ... it doesn't sound like NFL Films' style. 

  That said, the NFL has been printing money for decades, they couldn't subsidize the company during these hard times? If the NBA can keep the WNBA around for over a decade, what's the NFL's excuse?

  Posted 3/11/2008 [reply] [flag]

  • Jason

    +2

    When the league can shaft millions of Comcast/Time Warner subscribers without blinking, they probably don't lose sleep over a couple dozen layoffs.

    Posted 3/11/2008 [reply] [flag]

• NFLAdam

  +1

  This is a Roger Goodell move. The current NFL commissioner laid off a ton of people right before he took over office, cleaning out entire departments. He laid off the 50+ member publishing group right before NFL Network started.

   There will be more NFL layoffs coming up in the near future. Just watch.

  Posted 3/12/2008 [reply] [flag]

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LAYOFFS STRIKE NFL FILMS
Published 3/11/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
The autumn wind, as it turns out, is a pink slip. Layoffs have struck NFL Films, with 21 of 283 employees recently let go .  Steve Sabol, who founded the company with his father, Ed, in the 1960s, personally delivered the news to the affected employees.“It was very difficult,” Sabol said.  “One of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do.  These people were like family.” Sabol says that the recent cancellation of Inside the NFL was a big reason for the move.  An unnamed NFL General Manager told the Philadelphia Daily News that the “ongoing struggles” of NFL Network ...

Layoffs hit NFL Films
Published 3/11/2008 by Howard Burns at SPORTS COUCH POTATO
... Twenty-one of the 283 employees at the Mt. Laurel, N.J.-based company were let go last week, including some who had been with NFL Films for decades, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. ...

NFL Films Toss Folks Out On The Frozen Tundra
Published 3/11/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... projects the sad news that 21 employees of NFL Films have been shown the door . President Steve Sabol delivered the awful announcement personally to the pushed-out workers last week, with some of those let go having been with the company for decades. Sabol said it was “one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do. These people were like family .” After 40 years of cinematic service to the National Football League, what caused the company to start trimming more than just editing reels? Sabol admitted that a big factor was HBO canceling “Inside The NFL”, as the ...

NFL Films Lays Off 21 Employees, One GM Blames Struggles of NFL Network
Published 3/11/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... In a sign that not even the mighty National Football League is immune to the economic downturn, the Philadelphia Daily News reports (via ...

Tuesday Morning Hash: Ripped from the headlines
Published 3/11/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... of coach Avery Johnson for inexplicably benching Jason Kidd in the final seconds of a crucial game. We'll keep our eye on this story as it continues to develop. It's another classic example of Cuban's pettiness and we won't stand for it. Sam Farmer has more on the negotiations between the league and Matty "Noonan" Walsh, whose handicap has soared to an 8 because of all the stress. The league ordered NFL Films to trim its staff last week. One of the ...