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With ESPN's acquisition of the NFL Network, lots of changes are on the horizon. One of those big changes will be coming in less than a month for employees at the NFL Network.
Those employees reportedly found out earlier this week that they will become ESPN employees on April 1. Current contracts will be honored as ESPN is set to take over existing deals. But each employee will be left at the negotiating table once their contracts expire, and what comes next for each individual employee as those deals run up is left to be seen.
“If you have a year left on your contract, you’re apparently going to live out that year. But when the year expires, you’ll be negotiating with Disney to remain a Disney/ESPN employee,” explains one source. “But if you have a month left, you’ll be negotiating with ESPN/Disney next month. There are no layoffs. They’ll just let all the contracts expire. Then Disney decides who they want to keep.”
So far, it has not been announced exactly what ESPN's deeper plans are for the NFL Network. Whether the Network will see an influx of ESPN reporters pulling double duty or retain its current staff will likely be up in the air, as will exactly how much of a unique identity ESPN allows the NFL Network to retain.
With the uncertainty surrounding the situation, reports indicate some on-air personalities at the network are in "panic mode," and that morale is currently "plummeting" across the company.
"Even some of the most senior people are worried," one source said.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: ESPN set to welcome NFL Network employees amid shake-up
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Those employees reportedly found out earlier this week that they will become ESPN employees on April 1. Current contracts will be honored as ESPN is set to take over existing deals. But each employee will be left at the negotiating table once their contracts expire, and what comes next for each individual employee as those deals run up is left to be seen.
“If you have a year left on your contract, you’re apparently going to live out that year. But when the year expires, you’ll be negotiating with Disney to remain a Disney/ESPN employee,” explains one source. “But if you have a month left, you’ll be negotiating with ESPN/Disney next month. There are no layoffs. They’ll just let all the contracts expire. Then Disney decides who they want to keep.”
NFL Network's future shrouded in uncertainty as employees transition to ESPN
So far, it has not been announced exactly what ESPN's deeper plans are for the NFL Network. Whether the Network will see an influx of ESPN reporters pulling double duty or retain its current staff will likely be up in the air, as will exactly how much of a unique identity ESPN allows the NFL Network to retain.
With the uncertainty surrounding the situation, reports indicate some on-air personalities at the network are in "panic mode," and that morale is currently "plummeting" across the company.
"Even some of the most senior people are worried," one source said.
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: ESPN set to welcome NFL Network employees amid shake-up
Continue reading...
