The Arizona Cardinals Were Slammed In Their NFLPA Survey For Charging Players To Eat Meals At The Facility

The Cardinals, according to the NFL Players’ Union, are the only club in the league that charges players to eat at the team’s facilities and have the poorest weight room.

The Arizona Cardinals Were Slammed In Their NFLPA Survey For Charging Players To Eat Meals At The Facility

The Cardinals were the only club in the league where players reported having money taken out of their paychecks if they ate at the team cafeteria or had a meal when they arrived for additional offseason exercises, according to the NFL Players Association’s report card on the franchise.

“If players would like dinner, it will be boxed up for them, but players reported that the team will charge you via payroll deduction. This is apparently the only Club that does this,” the NFLPA says. “Players reported that if you work out at the facility after the season is over, the team charges you for every meal eaten at the facility (again, apparently the only team in the league that does this).”

The NFLPA reports that Cardinals players wonder whether Cardinals ownership is too cheap to make the required investments to field a championship squad. A team that wants to win should want its players eating wholesome meals and putting in additional time in the weight room.

“The locker room does not have confidence that owner Michael Bidwill is willing to invest to upgrade the facilities, as he ranks the lowest in that category across the league,” the NFLPA says. “The responses that provide the bases for that characterization include: the worst-ranked weight room, which some players feel is a safety hazard; an outdated training room and locker room; and a policy of deducting dinner from players’ paychecks should players want to get food from the facility.”

The Cardinals are in the midst of a significant offseason as they attempt to rebuild the team under the leadership of new General Manager Monti Ossenfort and Head Coach Jonathan Gannon. It might be necessary for Ossenfort and Gannon to persuade their boss that rewarding players with small favours is not the way to create a winning culture.

 

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