Coaches getting docked pay

[Albany,n.y.]

Knowing Ralph, the Bills clause probably is that Chan has to pay the Bills for every day there is no football :

It's interesting that he cites "10 to 12 teams" & 12 teams have opted out of the coaches' pension plan.

 

Players are paid one-seventeenth of their base salary with each week of the NFL season while pro coaches are paid proportionally throughout the season.

 

"I'm really talking about 10 or 12 teams. There are 20 or 22 teams that treat their coaches very well and have great respect for them."

Kennan said the coaches are "as close as they have ever been" to forming a union. Although he admitted it's not the result he wants to see, the coaches are "not afraid" to go that route. Any unionizing would not occur until after a new CBA is formed.

 

Twelve NFL teams already have opted out of the league's pension plan for their coaches. The list: the Chargers, Cardinals, Falcons, 49ers, Saints, Bills, Patriots, Jaguars, Buccaneers, Cowboys, Texans and Redskins. The majority of those moves, Kennan said, were spurred mostly by a tanking economy, as early as 2009.

 

As for how the coaches relate to the impending labor crisis, Kennan said: "There's enough stress in coaching already that now we're going to be docked 25 percent pay. We have nothing to do with (the lockout)."

 

http://www.profootballweekly.com/2011/02/24/coaches-could-face-hefty-losses-with-lockout

Edited February 24, 2011 by Albany,n.y.

[San Jose Bills Fan]

And who do you think the coaches (and we're really talking about the assistants here because Head Coaches have guaranteed contracts) side with in this dispute between owners and players?

 

The owners are possibly locking out the players and as a result, the assistant coaches as well as many other non-football employees would be put through the ringer…lose their jobs, be put on furlough, and/or lose wages.

 

Whomever you side with, the assistant coaches will be among the biggest losers in the event of a work stoppage, along with the fans.

[yungmack]

I don't know the ins or outs of this situation but I did notice that the Bills are in fairly good company.

[NoSaint]

the term coaches is pretty broad too -- people like the assistant offensive quality control coach, and the headcoach are really far apart on the spectrum. i do think its smart to keep the guys around the building, working, film study etc... hell, have them scout some players should you need something for them to do.

 

obviously somewhere you draw the line, and have to cut positions if this happens, but anything "skilled" i hold as long as possible and keep paid/happy.

 

its very possible you will have a lot of work to do in a very short time, so scouting opponents, college kids, free agents, even reviewing your own players during this dead time could help you hit the ground running out of the gate.