2011
by ARMJAG on Feb 7, 2010 3:32 PM EST
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PrintThe NFL is in trouble and big trouble it is. In 2011 Football may go away forever. The players say the owners want to much. The owners say the players have the lions share of the pie Who is right. I say both of them. The players get 61 % of the profits, but they also have the risk of getting hurt or better yet crippled. T%he owners want to take the game to Mexico, England and possibly Japan to grow the market. If there is a strike in 2011 no one wins and we the fans get fubar again. I know that I for one would not come back< I did it with Baseball, basketball and Hockey and could do it with the nfl as well .
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I'll still be a Jaguars fan
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
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If this happens...
The United States will implode or be open to attack with everyone either committing suicide or going into a endless state of depression.
Greed destroys everything
I’m fed up with listening to owners and players argue over money. Do they not realize how good they have it? People are stuggling right now to feed their families, and yet these billionaires are battling millionaires over a bigger piece of the pie. The only people I sympathize with are the small market owners, who are trying to stay profitable. Both sides need to realize how bad they are going to look arguing over money in a recession, when there’s already too much to go around.
by JagsAlex87 on Feb 7, 2010 5:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
You tell them!
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
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+1
I agree with this. All the NFL is doing is branding their product with a bad name
by jesusjagfan2009 on Feb 8, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
College football
The NFL needs to worry about college football. Of all the college vs pro sports, football has the strongest traditions and fanbase. If there was the equivalent of March Madness, college fb would really be a strong competitor. Baseball, basketball, and hockey pull worldwide talent, but virtually every player in the NFL played NCAA football. It could really shift the balance toward college.
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by DownTownJax on Feb 8, 2010 11:07 AM EST via mobile reply actions
You may be right
But I personally don’t enjoy college football. Too many games are just total mis-matches, and defensive talent is severely lacking. I understand that it’s wildly popular, and I’m the odd one out…. but I just can’t enjoy it.
Players get 45% of the profits.
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by floridafalcons#63 on Feb 8, 2010 4:06 PM EST reply actions
Players get close to 60% of the Gross
Heading into the uncapped year teams will not have to pay into the players 401(k), player annuities, severance pay, tuition assistance, etc… Teams have the potential to save $7 million right off the top of player costs.
There is no winning this situation. If lockouts occur the league takes a serious black eye, and players stand to lose a lot of money – just this past season teams paid an estimate $225 million in just the player benefits listed above. They need to come to an agreement quickly.
Ignore the hype; look at the results.
I was told the owners get about 60% to run their business…
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by floridafalcons#63 on Feb 8, 2010 8:44 PM EST reply actions
It's the other way around.
The players get the 60%.
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by MoveThoseChains on Feb 8, 2010 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Ha
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by floridafalcons#63 on Feb 9, 2010 10:24 AM EST reply actions
The players get
59.5% of TOTAL FOOTBALL REVENUE.
“The owners had offered a little more than 56.5% of total football revenues to the players; the players wanted 59.5% and needed the owners to share more of the money they earned locally and had not shared creating a divide of at least $100 million between the top earners and the poorer ones.”
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2006-03-08-labor-deal-reaction_x.htm
A correction to the POLL
There won’t be a STRIKE. There WILL BE a LOCKOUT by the owners.
The Players are quite happy with the way things are and have no reason to strike.
And they should be…
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by floridafalcons#63 on Feb 9, 2010 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
the player should be more conerned about how that 59.9% is divided up
The draftee salaries, RFA/FA system, benefits, retiree programs etc….
IMHO 59.9% is a huge number, one they won’t keep, but regardless of what it % of gross falls to they really need to change a LOT of things related to how that’s distributed to different players. In a sense the system is a joke, it seems like it’s the players who fight for the rights of the comparatively poor owners, and owners have to fight for the rights of retired players…..
Personally I think a rookie salary cap would fix things
That would drive the players percentage of the revenue down without taking money away from the guys who have proven themselves in the league. It would only reduce the astronomical contracts given to the top 10 players of the draft.
I’m not an expert when it comes to this kind of stuff, nor do I pretend to be. But that just seems to make sense to me,
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