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Article: Getting in the game; Down economy has sports industry grads warming bench longer.(NEWS)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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Byline: BILL SHEA
ports industry jobs already difficult to break into because of their popularity and the paucity of full-time positions have been affected by the economic forces pressuring other fields in metro Detroit.
The economic sports news this year has been grim: General Motors Co. dropped much of its sports sponsorship, the National Football League's New York headquarters was trimmed by about 170 employees and pay was slashed, the National Basketball Association reduced its player payroll salary cap $1 million to $57.7 million per team, attendance is down for most baseball teams and the Arena Football League suspended operations entirely.
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