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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro
eh, i don't see it that way. I think there's no way to go but up for the nfl. I'm starting to see more and more women getting into it. every year it keeps out doing itself. Fantasy football is growing. Even through a tough economic stretch, the nfl didn't suffer too bad, if any at all. They made 9 billion dollars in revenue last season.
Maybe the owners shouldn't have agreed to the 50/50 split in the last CBA, but they did. Now it will be very tough to change that.
And I agree, the owners have other things they have to pay for, but then again, it's only one of them, while they have to split the revenue with 52 players, coaches, front office, staff, practice squad, etc. And the smaller you make their piece of the pie, the worse off the team is, imo. Once the owners loosened their leash, they can't tighten it back up without expecting some reprecusion.
I can understand if the NFL was doing bad, and they were losing money, but they aren't. Their revenue is still increasing, and while it may cost more for maintaining facilities, pensions, etc that you mentioned, they still wouldn't be losing any money if they kept the CBA the same. In fact, i'm sure they would still make money.
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Bottom line is the players salary will stay the same no matter what. NOTHING can make it go down. Owners? No. Their profits fluctuate. And you see what's happening. Just like you said, the owners give them and inch, and they take two or threaten.
And you can bet your sweet patooti (LMAO, did I just attempt that
) that the players aren't asking for status quo.
So, then, am I to assume that if I put up 100 thousand dollars of my own money to start a business, and in 10 years I make it into a million dollar a year profitable business that my employees can demand half my profits?
Communism.
NONE of these players made the sacrifices and risks that the owners or owners fathers have.
But, I guess it goes back to the ole Patrick Ewing comment:
"Sure, we make a lot of money, but we spend a lot, too."