Bobcats Cut As Many 40 Jobs In Reorganization Effort
The Bobcats have reduced their business operations staff in an effort to reduce duplicated responsibilities within the organization. The reduction, which takes effect immediately, comes after a study of similar-sized NBA markets and league averages for non-basketball personnel. The move will not affect the team's basketball operations department (Bobcats). The reorganization could cut between 30 and 40 jobs among the team's 161-member front office staff, according to sources. Bobcats officials did not comment. It is the second round -- and by far the deepest -- of job cuts this month for the franchise owned by Bob Johnson. In early September, Greg Economou, former Exec VP & CMO, left the franchise and team officials said then that there were no plans for a replacement. In August, the team reported to the Charlotte Business Journal that it had 161 full time local employees. The layoffs are part of an ongoing organizational review that aims to cut costs and improve efficiencies at the team. The Bobcats, like other NBA teams that run their own arena, have more staffers than teams that do not run their own facilities. The cuts come under the team's newly restructured front office that has Bobcats GM Rod Higgins and team Chief Administrative Officer Jared Bartie reporting directly to team President & COO Fred Whitfield. Whitfield did not return calls for comment (John Lombardo, SportsBusiness Journal).
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