GLENDALE, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 07: A game official near the NFL logo during the NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills at State Farm Stadium on December 07, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
The NFL recently inked massive television deals, and in accordance with this agreement fired a host of media members. These deals were signed between the NFL and Amazon, CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC, respectively. In total, 132 members of the NFL media crew were laid off.
While some were recently hired employees, others had been with the NFL for nearly a decade.
“Every offseason, NFL Media makes staffing adjustments for the upcoming season, which results in some positions being eliminated–nowhere near the wildly inaccurate figure circulating on social media–and some being hired, which we expect to announce in the very near future. What we have seen this summer isn’t markedly different than in previous off-seasons,” the NFL said in a statement to Sports Illustrated.
Still, others were not buying the reasons given by the NFL for its hiring and firing decisions.
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