Per Chris Mortensen, ESPN NFL insider.
Players union has filed decertification papers in Minneapolis court.
Peaceful renegotiation of new CBA is now a thing of the past. The courts will decide, and there may be no football this year.
Per Chris Mortensen, ESPN NFL insider.
Players union has filed decertification papers in Minneapolis court.
Peaceful renegotiation of new CBA is now a thing of the past. The courts will decide, and there may be no football this year.
F*ck 'em All!!
The only reason a beer sweats around Canada is because he's decided it will be the next beer he drinks.
Make the NFL like the real world. Everyone gets paid the same for the same job. Qbs all make the same, RBs all make the same, WRs all make the same. IF they dont like it, get another f#ckin' job.
The only reason a beer sweats around Canada is because he's decided it will be the next beer he drinks.
That would be Cuban Football League, in hands of mister Castro, and all the people will have full access to all the games on TV for free. Ticket prices will be $10 for every seat.
They have very good athletes, so I don't think that would be a bad idea, except for the owners and players.
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Also consider that the average NFL franchise is worth roughly $1 billion dollars. So in the example shown above that would equate to about a 2% return on their investment. And that is for a very popular and profitable team. That's a lot of risk for a very small return. Shame on the owners for wanting to make money. All I've sen so far are concessions by the owners. It's time for the players to get this deal done. You won't se the books, because you have no right to se the books.
IMO, This comes down to a fundamental problem of "Partner or Employee". The players union thinks they are partners. The owners view them as employees. As partners, they have the have the right view the books and a bigger piece of the pie. As employees, they do not. I personally believe they are employees. They don't take on the risk of the franchise. If it loses money they still get paid. The way I know they are employees, not partners, is because they sign the back of the paychecks, not the fronts. The players need to quit being greedy and get this deal done. Does anyone dispute that they are vastly overpaid? Does anyone believe that someone should get paid $25 million a year to throw a football while doctors, teachers, policeman, firemen, servicemen, and our president make only fractions of that?
The players need to have a Coke and a Smile and the shut the HELL up!
The thing that you're forgetting about, is that this $20M in profit is what's left AFTER the owners/board of directors gets paid.
The $1 billion number is what they would get paid if they were to sell the franchise. In 2009, they made $247.9M in revenue, with a $20.1M profit. That's an 11% return on investment, AFTER the owners got paid their salaries and bonuses.
That's right. Here is why players want to review the books. If a company wants to cut salaries and benefits and keep the same workers, because they are loosing money, it's adequate to show the books to a small group of them to prove their point. Why they don't want to?
If the owners can find replacements for the players and pay them less, all what they need to do is hire new people. But they can't!!!
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Right, their profit was $20.1M and they made $247.9M in revenue. That means their expenses were 247.9-20.1 = $227.8M. The $1Billion number is what the franchise is "worth" if it were to be up for sale.
Just to put it in perspective, the company I work for made around $180 billion in revenue last year, with a 10% profit margin. Our top executive made $10M including bonuses. It seems like most of the owners are doing pretty well if they're making anywhere near $10M, considering they probably generated about 1/1000th the revenue my company does (.001%), and has the same profit margins.
I'll let it rest for now b/c I get the sense I'm not going to change anyone's minds :). Both sides are at fault here for not getting something done, but I can't put the blame more on the players than the owners.
Last edited by Ryfo18; 03-15-2011 at 10:45 AM.
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