That owners dared to consider a proposal where they could drop or lessen their involvement with a plan in which, until now, they had been required to participate fully, and that they actually went for it. But they did, voting at the league's winter meetings to make the change, giving them the flexibility to determine alternative retirement plans and to find something that best suits their clubs. They never consulted the employees that were going to be affected. "It's a horrible way to treat employees," said Larry Kennan, executive director of the NFL coaches association. "It's obvious they're not our friends and don't care about us. "To me, what this is all about is a lack of respect for the employees. The NFL has said it does not want us [coaches] to unionize because it considers us managerial, but if we're managerial why didn't they notify us they were changing our pensions?" Source: cbssports.com
