Outside Reading #8

For my outside reading I read an article about the NFL having to lay off some of their workers. Due to the nations poor economy the league is cutting more than ten percent of its staff. Commissioner Roger Goodell announced this information on Tuesday in a memo to the league's employees. Goodell explained in the memo that the cuts were the results of the economy, and that they will help the NFL become stronger during this recession. Before the economy went down hill the NFL was considered the "the richest game" and the "the strongest sport in the world." Now that the economy has taken a downturn, and cuts are being made.They are at the same level as the NBA, NASCAR teams and the company that runs the Major League Baseball's internet division. The cuts will take place in the next sixty days or so. All thirty-two individual teams will need to make cuts and layoff employees. As of right now fans have not noticed the cutbacks, however the NFL announced last month that they will be reducing play-off tickets by ten percent. As well as the tickets sold for this season, Goodell does fear next season. His fear is due to the fact that prices of tickets will have increased, therefore not many will purchase them. My personal response to this article was a response full of frustration. I am very upset, as is everyone else, about our economy. I believe sports events such as football are events that keep people from being stressed about the economy. Now that the economy is involved with events such as it just makes me sick to my stomach. Americans need to pull it together and figure out our issues before anything else happens!

This entire article can be found here.