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NFL owners OK opt-out of pension plans
April 13, 2009 -- Sports Business Journal


The National Football League joined mainstream Corporate America when it recently decided to allow teams to cease offering pensions to non-player employees, Gary Young says. The league was an anachronism in offering the pensions, with only government and union employees -- plus those of a few bloated companies, such as GM -- enjoying pension plans.