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Miami Dolphins Forced to Make Payroll Cuts

Posted on May 25, 2011 by No Comments

The lockout of the NFL is hitting teams and football employees hard. This past week the Florida based newspaper, Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post reported that the Miami Dolphins would have to make pay cuts. These pay cuts applied to any employee that was employed under the Miami Dolphins and are not the first to happen as a result of the extensive NFL lockout. Buffalo, Oakland and the New York Jets have all made similar cuts to their payroll in an effort to preserve a team’s money during the lockout.

The extent of the pay cut that is reported varies depending upon which paper was reporting. Some reported pay cuts of 10% and only for lower ranking employees for the team, while others stated that it was upwards to 20% and included everyone from general managers and coaches.

On condition of anonymity a worker for the Miami Dolphins stated that should the lockout go past June 1 many high ranking individuals in the Dolphin franchise will see pay cuts. These include general manager Jeff Ireland, all assistant coaches and head coach Tony Sparano.

The salary of each individual that is up for a pay cut varies. It is reported that Tony Sparano is making around $2.8 million, while the others have a reported salary of anywhere from $200,000 to $1 million dollars.

All Miami Dolphins employees will continue to show up for work as the team needs to be ready to go the moment the lockout is over, but it will come with a hefty price tag.

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Sporano Gets A Raw Deal

Posted on December 17, 2010 by No Comments

Miami has a lot of explaining to do to the NFL. There handling of the coaching situation of Tony Sporano has been nothing short of embarrassing. The Dolphins will have to talk to the league about them leaving a coach out on the vine, regardless of whether or not they have gotten Jim Harbaugh.

It’s no secret to anyone who has been following football in Miami, that Sporano has been living well below expectations. What started off as a very good coaching career has turned into a bunch of near misses.

Still, nothing Sporano has done has given the Dolphins the right to treat him the way he has been treated. After the season ends is when the team is supposed to let you know if you are staying or going as coach. In most cases it happens right at the end of season so that coaches can move on and so that the organization can get to hiring a replacement.

In the case of the Dolphins and Sporano they handled it completely differently. They flew out Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh and interviewed him while still hanging on to Sporano. It’s the wrong way to go about a coaching search and if Harbaugh knew about the fact that the Dolphins still had a head coach in place, then he should not have taken the interview. But Harbaugh does what he wants and the Dolphins have no trouble leaving their coach to die on the vine.

It’s unclear what the future holds in the Miami Dolphins front office, but it’s certain that it should prove to be a time where they have to talk to the league about their actions. And it’s not certain another coach will want to go there. Especially after the way Sporano has been treated.

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