NBA fires 11% of it's employees

[$tunna]

More than 100 N.B.A. employees were laid off this week, underlining the league’s sense of economic distress as the owners and players haggle over a new labor agreement.

All told, 114 positions — 11 percent of the league’s work force — were eliminated, primarily in New York and New Jersey, from nearly every division, including marketing, community relations, player programs, broadcasting and information technology. Most employees received the news Wednesday and Thursday.

The layoffs came exactly two weeks after the N.B.A. locked out its players and froze operations. League officials said the two events were unrelated, although they are clearly intertwined, with the N.B.A. saying it has annual losses of $300 million and searching for cost savings.

Via Howard Beck/New York Times


Dag, man. Ish is getting serious

 

[lonesomefx]

Damn, smh.

 

[RipCity32]

NBA going Hitler on the world lol.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

everybody's losing jobs everywhere, it's not just the NBA. Where the hell have you guys been the last 12 months? lol.

 

[Mooche]

everybody's losing jobs everywhere, it's not just the NBA. Where the hell have you guys been the last 12 months? lol.

Lol.. True.


The lockout reality is just finally starting to hit the NBA pretty hard here.

 

[The Young One]

Idk if he has anything to do with it and I dont really care..I just came in here to say FUCK DAVID STERN

 

[DJT]

Crap, this probably won't help my chances of working for the NBA.

 

[$tunna]

Crap, this probably won't help my chances of working for the NBA.

I'm sayin hahaha

 

[Mexi]

what gets me is how they do this but then say it's not a direct result of the lockout

bull

 

[DJT]

Seems like the NBA has cut down a lot on employees over the past few years though.