You may remember last month a story came out about the NFL being $9 billion in debt. That's incredibly misleading, considering the league has $17 billion in assets, but hey, why not you use that debt figure to your advantage, right?That's more or less what the NFL is doing right now. With the Super Bowl in Tampa Bay for this next season, the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee is already looking for people to help out in terms of hosting duties.
And how much help are they getting from the NFL? Um, nothing.
Yes, Tampa needs 6,000 volunteers for lame duties both before and during the Super Bowl like answering phones and checking credentials on shuttles. And get this, none of these duties will get you into the game - they're all outside of the stadium. So I get to miss the game and get made fun of by people? SA-weet!
But isn't there something I get for my troubles, for you know, missing the game?
In return for the work and time, you'll get a volunteer's uniform of a shirt, jacket and cap you can keep.
You had me at shirt. But what about transportation?Volunteers are responsible for transportation to where they are working but will have free parking.
Uh, wait. I have to pay for my transportation? That's not real cool. And what about....You will have to work at least two shifts of four hours each, though volunteers are not limited to only two shifts.
Sure, and when I'm done, I might as well go work at an African diamond mine. At least the pay is slightly better - and they give me free shoes. So there you go. The richest sports league in America wants you to work long hours for free during the week of the Super Bowl so it can haul in even more cash and get itself out of that debt that it isn't really in. Way to be NFL, way to be.
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