Miami Dolphins to reinstate salaries, return wages lost in lockout
Dolphins CEO Mike Dee said Monday that with the end of the lockout all employee compensation would return to normal levels effective immediately.
In addition, the team will reimburse employees for all pay that was withheld during the lockout, Dee said.
Dolphins employees, from support staff to coaches and front office, reportedly had salaries cut 10 to 20 percent effective May 15, with steeper cuts for higher paid staff members. Lagging ticket sales due to the lockout were cited as the reason for the cuts.
Other teams acted Monday to restore wages lost during the lockout, including the New York Jets, who delivered checks to employees' desks while the staff was assembled in an auditorium for an organizational meeting.
The Bills and Falcons were among other teams reportedly taking action to the return lost compensation. The trend would suggest that teams made out satisfactorily in the new collective bargaining agreement.
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
