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Originally Posted by Daseal
This is a bad deal for the owners, I really doubt it gets signed.
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It's bad for certain owners, not too bad for others. Just depends on how much revenue they're willing to share.
Ramseyfan, I think it's hard to criticize the owners as a group. The NFL has changed now, with stadiums being privately funded, owners need the ability to retain enough of their own local revenues to pay the debt on their huge stadiums. If I were Bob McNair, and I had just borrowed tons of money to buy the Texans and the stadium, and then I got forcefed a revenue sharing plan saying I had to pay even more of my local revenues to other teams, I'd be miffed. McNair needs those local revenues to finance his stadium.
If there are owners out there without huge financial burdens, and yet are still opposed to the deal, those owners could be called dumb. But I can't fault Bob McNair or Dan Snyder for having trepidations.
The players' demand is pretty crazy when you think about it. The cap right now is at $94.5 million. If this deal goes through, the cap will go to $108 million. That's a friggin 14% raise, with further raises to come each year as the salary cap grows in concert with league revenues. I wish my paycheck was doing that.