NFL Coaches Association

The National Football League Coaches Association (NFLCA) is a group of coaches in the National Football League (NFL). The only exception is Bill Belichick.[1]

During the 2011 NFL Lockout, the NFLCA filed a brief in favor of the players.[2]

Many coaching contracts allow the termination of the coach with little notice and without specific cause, usually in the case of high-profile coaches with the payment of a financial settlement. Coaching is a very fickle profession, and a reversal of the team's fortune often finds last year's "Coach of the Year" to be seeking employment in the next. Many coaches are former players of the sport themselves, and coaches of professional sports teams are sometimes retired players. The head coach usually delegates development of details such as techniques of play or placement of players on the playing surface, to offensive and defensive coordinators and/or assistants while concentrating on larger issues such as recruitment and organizational development.

Successful coaches often become as well or even better-known than the athletes they coach, and in recent years have come to command high salaries and have agents of their own to negotiate their contracts with the teams. Professional level coaches may have contracts for millions of dollars a year. Due to the extensive time on the road and long hours, coaching is a high stress job and when the money is good, many coaches retire in their early fifties or sixties. Many factors are part of NFL coaches' contracts. These involve the NFL's $11 Billion as the highest revenue sport, topping the Major League Baseball's (MLB) $7 Billion, while holding a tax exempt status that the MLB does not.[3] The NFL's coaches are the highest paid professional coaches[4] with professional football topping the list in Forbes' highest-paid sports coaches. Bill Belichick is in the #1 spot for the second year in a row[5] with no MLB or National Hockey League coaches making the list. Belichick also has the distinction of being the only current NFL head coach not a member of the NFL Coaches Association.[6]

Another major element of NFL coaches' contracts, negotiated between individual coaches and NFL "teams"/owners, are NFL demanded provisions in the coaches employment contracts, that authorize the employing NFL teams to withhold part of a coach's salary when league operations are suspended, such as lockouts or television contract negotiations.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Wetzel, Dan (February 2, 2012). "Bill Belichick is a coaching contrarian with a plan". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ Florio, Mike (May 25, 2011). "NFL Coaches Association files legal brief in support of players". NBC Sports. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ "NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy". Nonprofitquarterly.org. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  4. ↑ Dosh, Kristi (2012-09-29). "Bill Belichick highest-paid coach - again - Sports Business News, Analysis - Dollars Blog - ESPN Playbook - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  5. ↑ "The Highest-Paid Coaches In Sports". Forbes.com. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  6. ↑ "No 'photo' finish for Bill Belichick". espn.go.com. 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
  7. ↑ "NFL Coaches Association brief: 'End the lockout'". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2012-10-03.

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