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Originally Posted by hooskins
Just to counter some of the points here, and it may have already been mentioned:
-NFL is a monopoly which dominates one industry, therefore a union must exist to negotiate for the players. Otherwise the owners do whatever they want and the players get screwed. They can't play anywhere else, at the same level, in the US. Federal jurisdiction prevails in these matters for this reason.
-Since NFL is a monopoly dominating the most popular sport, revenue will be high in the long-run. It is a sure fire investment, even for the cruddy markets, where portions of the NFL profit is shared.
-Owners do pay for stadiums, along with all taxpayers via taxes. They are not the only ones taking that risk.
-If the owners feel their position is valid, why not take it to court? Don't say it's because of the Judge. That is such a BS cop-out. Last time the verdict was reached with the NFL and players it was by a JURY!
Usually when people don't want to go to court, it is because they know they are wrong on some level. If you don't believe that or have an issue with the legal system, then that argument is for another day.
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Great Post.
The owners do not want to share all of the revenue information with the players, they also do not want to share it with each other. The high revenue owners are not wanting to do more revenue sharing with the smaller market teams. That is why they are so insistent about not opening the books all the way.
I really liked the idea on an earlier post that mentions more balanced revenue sharing among the owners first to make up for any owners that are claiming losses, instead of taking it out of the players cut. I also agree with examining the books more closely for wasteful spending by the NFL. Just to see if cuts can be made on wasteful spending before the players have to start returning money. For example spending half a $million dollars for a 5 second fly over of F-18's over the Superbowl domed stadium is wasteful. Nobody in the stadium saw it.
There was the whole flap of New Orleans owners 33 year old daughter was upset there was not a free limo waiting for her at the airport. How many other free perks do the billionaire owners give themselves that comes right off the top of the profit? This need to be audited and controlled.