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Foote Not Happy About Owners Forcing Employees to Take Time Off

After reading in a Detroit newspaper that the Lions are forcing employees to take unpaid furloughs because of the lockout, linebacker Larry Foote became anry. A number of teams have done the same thing this year.

Foote told Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “That’s ridiculous. We all know through this lockout owners aren’t losing money, they’re making money. They pay us $1,000 a week just to work out. Roster bonuses haven’t been paid.”

They also don’t have to pay health insurance, contribute to the pension fund, pay for medical issues, pay for lunches during the spring workouts and much more.

“To lay people off to save money,” Foote exclaimed. “I don’t know who they’re trying to fool. How the heck are they laying people off? I don’t get that part. That ain’t right right there. That’s affecting people’s lives; they’re not making millions of dollars, many of them are going check to check.

“It’s the first time I actually got mad when I read that the other day. They’re going too far. That’s ridiculous now. The owners are starting to make themselves look like the big companies that move people outside the country. I’m not talking about the Rooneys, I know what they’re cut from.”

Matt Loede has been in the sports media for over 16 years, with experience covering the MLB, NBA, and NFL. On Sunday’s during football season, you can hear Matt on national networks like Fox Sports Radio, Associated Press, and others. Born and raised in Cleveland Ohio, Matt studies and talks football inside and out, and is anxious to share his thoughts and comments with readers on a daily basis.

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  1. DrGeorge

    May 29, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    Mr. Foote has been around the NFL too long to be as naive as this article makes him appear. NFL football is a multi-billion dollar industry that is unionized. Like any other unionized big business, production ceases when labor strikes; when no current revenue is generated or anticipated, cost control measures must be taken. That’s basic economics. Some franchises may have deeper pockets than others (such as Detroit and Tampa Bay), but every franchise will eventually be forced to take the same austerity measures if a new agreement is not reached. (Remember when the Screenwriters Guild shut down TV production a few years back?)

    A strike is the economic equivalent of war. And, as in war, neither side escapes unscathed, and nobody really ‘wins.’

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