Kraft built his stadium with HIS money AND has no PSLs. No other CURRENT majority owner can say they do or have done the same. His debt service is higher than any other owner’s I would wager.

I’ve always supported revenue sharing and the salary cap to help foster competitive balance in the league which, I believe, accounts for football’s unmatched popularity. At the same time, I think teams like the Vikings, Raiders and Jaguars need to do a better job at imitating the business practices of the Cowboys, Redskins, and Patriots, who consistently rank at the top of the league in terms of team valuation, revenue, and operating income.

Say what you will about Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, and Bob Kraft. Those guys are among the very best at running the business side of their franchises. Of course, only one of those has produced a championship-caliber team as of late.
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The Raiders don’t make money because Al Davis doesn’t put profit ahead of the actual football team.

You can argue his recent lack of success and his methods, but you can’t argue his will to win.

Another thing, Jones and Snyder don’t belong next to Kraft in ANY conversation.

Kraft has managed to get it done while watching the bottom like, the other two spend like there’s no tomorrow, but have accomplished absolutely nothing.

Green Bay and KC are small market teams that indeed pull their own weight. KC has a great attendance record as well. I wasn’t 100% sure if he was talking about Dallas or Minnesota having a 3.5 million population, but I’m pretty sure that JJ was saying it’s outrageous for small market teams to have to bail out a large market franchise that attracts crowds from Minneapolis and St. Paul.

I agree with him in a sense, but I also think that Dallas, Green Bay, and KC all equally benefit from having 31 other franchises to play against. I’d hate to see an NFL without Minnesota, Buffalo, Miami, Cleveland, San Diego, Arizona, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Oakland, Houston, or Cincinnati.

I guess JJ just wants less competition so he’ll have better odds at making the playoffs. Then he might have a larger role in the super bowl besides just messing up the seats.

Every Republican and Conservative should support Jerry Jones. If one truely believes in free markets, we should support Jerry Jones.”
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OF COURSE EVERY LIBERAL WOULD OFFER A BETTER FINANCIAL SOLUTION…..BANKUPTCY.

Green Bay may be a small market, but you can’t tell me they’re not pulling their weight. Their sell-out streak is longer than Brett Favre’s.”

It may be hard to believe, but under the current revenue sharing structure, Green Bay has been generating enough revenue to actually be paying into the system rather than being on the receiving end. I detest Jerry Jones, but he’s absolutely right that teams like Kansas City and Green Bay are actually subsidizing teams like the Minnesota Vikings.

“Every Republican and Conservative should support Jerry Jones. If one truely believes in free markets, we should support Jerry Jones.”
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Actually a$$ (mind if I shorten your name?), you shouldn’t be telling others what they should support. You should be telling us what you support.

Regardless of my political beliefs, I don’t believe our sports leagues should be operated on true free-market principles. Leagues exists for entertainment and it’s not too entertaining to simply allow large market teams to buy the best players. Ultimately, in free markets, those that can’t compete go bankrupt. In the extreme, three or four teams could form an oligopoly or perhaps one team becomes a monopoly.

A true market would know no draft. The best players could make their deals with the best teams. There would be no requirement of years of service to become a free agent. It is a FREE market after all and the players would have perfect free of moment. And so would the teams. Forget L.A., why not move the Vikings to New York? Jacksonville could move there too. New York can support one or two more teams.

I have my own views on how our economy should operate. But regardless of whether I support bigger government or smaller government, I want my sport leagues to be entertainment first and business second. Unlike in business, the goal of an owner shouldn’t be to put his competition out of business.

I do not support Jerry Jones. And I will refrain in telling you whether you should or shouldn’t support him.

The reason the Dallas Cowboys have been such a stranger to the playoffs and are almost going on an entire generation since your last Super Bowl is because of your EXTREME EGOMANIA and failure to understand you could not successfully general manage a flea circus.

You are tarnishing the reputation and history of this great franchise by your personal selfishness.

Give us a break please, and own up. If not, your legacy will be one bordering on that of Hugh Culverhouse and the long ago Buccaneers!

Your friend,

The Other Jerry

Say what you will about Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, and Bob Kraft. Those guys are among the very best at running the business side of their franchises. Of course, only one of those has produced a championship-caliber team as of late.

I just got through reading the story about Jay Feely and Jerry Richardson. In the comments, Superfbfan said, “Just because ratings are up doesn’t mean revenue has increased for the owners… players are going to have to take a cut…simple as that.” and linked to this Forbes.com article:  http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/25/most-valuable-nfl-teams-business-sports-football-valuations-10_land.html

But the article reveals that “The real problem is that the National Football League is evolving into a tiered league, with the upper one-third defined by entrepreneurial owners whose teams typically play in big markets and stadiums that generate insane amounts of cash. Most of the remaining teams are run by cautious owners who play in small markets with low-revenue stadiums.”

And though it’s technically true that “NFL team values fell 2% last season to an average of $1.02 billion”, that average is misleading because, “The most valuable NFL team… (the Dallas Cowboys) value increased a league high 9%, to $1.8 billion”, while there were “only two teams to lose money last season on an operating basis (the Lions lost $2.9 million, the Miami Dolphins lost $7.7 million).”

Finally, since the Forbes article also reveals that…
1) “Owner Jerry Jones netted an additional $12 million last year over what it makes on the Cowboys, thanks to events like the NBA All-Star game, boxing and concerts. The team’s overall operating income hit $143 million, a record for a U.S. sports franchise.”

2) “Snyder… has been able to more than double nonbroadcasting revenue to $202 million since taking the helm by selling the stadium’s naming rights to FedEx.”

3) “The New England Patriots, worth $1.37 billion, are third. They have developed the real estate near Gillette Stadium… also own an MLS team, the Revolution, to help keep a steady inventory of events at the stadium.”
… Superfbfan’s statement that revenue hasn’t increased for the owners is blatantly false. For the wealthiest, it certainly has. The problem is simply that despite that fact, some of them still just don’t want to share it with teams that aren’t as profitable, that’s all!

Beer, Beer, Beer!

Wake up Jerry, baseball sucks for a reason, don’t try to replicate it!

When are we gonna see some lawsuits against the Redskins and Snyder?
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Wait until Dan Snyder’s deposition in the Washington City Paper case.

Mr. Snyder, when did you decide to add those seats without approval of the County Planning Commission?

Mr. Snyder, is it true that every new employee has to sign away all rights to sue you as a condition of their employment?

The list goes on and on and on……