NFL Films lays off 21 Employees

[Bill Brasky]

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- Nearly 10 percent of the workers have been laid off at NFL Films, which has been documenting the league for more than 40 years.

Twenty-one of the 283 workers at the Mount Laurel company were told last week of the layoffs, which were first reported by The Philadelphia Daily News.

The company, whose documentaries often cast football games as epic confrontations, has run into difficulties on two fronts.

HBO decided not to renew "Inside the NFL" for next season.

NFL Films also does production work for the NFL Network, which has been the subject of a financial battle between the league and cable operators. But league spokesman Brian McCarthy said that dispute was not a factor in the layoffs.






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where else do you think I got this? from the kings of negativity...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3287460

[Mski]

my neighbor works for them... nice gig... gets me on the field everyonce and a while... the thing about NFL films is that all media from the game (photo/video) become property of NFL films 24 hrs after the game ends, so even the photographers have to pay liscening to them for the photo's they took... lofl

also they already lost most of thier camera me to nascar films pay was better and so was the weather

[blackonyx89]

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- Nearly 10 percent of the workers have been laid off at NFL Films, which has been documenting the league for more than 40 years.

Twenty-one of the 283 workers at the Mount Laurel company were told last week of the layoffs, which were first reported by The Philadelphia Daily News.

The company, whose documentaries often cast football games as epic confrontations, has run into difficulties on two fronts.

HBO decided not to renew "Inside the NFL" for next season.

NFL Films also does production work for the NFL Network, which has been the subject of a financial battle between the league and cable operators. But league spokesman Brian McCarthy said that dispute was not a factor in the layoffs.






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where else do you think I got this? from the kings of negativity...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3287460

Sad an end of an era for HBO. Hope they find new jobs soon.

[Michael82]

Sad an end of an era for HBO. Hope they find new jobs soon.

Some of them already have.

[Bill Brasky]

my neighbor works for them... nice gig... gets me on the field everyonce and a while... the thing about NFL films is that all media from the game (photo/video) become property of NFL films 24 hrs after the game ends, so even the photographers have to pay liscening to them for the photo's they took... lofl

also they already lost most of thier camera me to nascar films pay was better and so was the weather

can he get me in? i've wanted to work there forever. that's why i chose the career i went into.

[SABuffalo786]

Balls!

I really enjoyed watching ITNFL this past season.

[YardRat]

I'm sure they can all get jobs in New England.

[Al the Bills Fan]

I'm sure they can all get jobs in New England.

Nah, New England's camera guys are way better! They have had more practice.