Are you reading the same post that I am? Those are not static numbers because they represent an increase over time. And your argument makes no sense, theres a reason why the sign a multi-year agreement, so they don’t have to take care of this mess every year just because the NFL popularity went up 20%. It’s people like you ,who do not fully undersatnd the situation, that fuels the players cases, and the real fans anger. Also, this is the only offer I’ve seen, if the NFLPA* wanted to really squash this they would send out a letter stating why this was the “worst deal in the history of sports”, and then add what they had brought up as a counter offer. Well played Godell, well played. NFL 2011!

Walk into your boss’s office and demand that he open his books and show you all the financials. He’d laugh in your face. The players are employees, not partners.

Not to mention, the Packers’ books are open for everyone to see, and they show exactly what the owners have been claiming: escalating player costs and declining profits, despite record league revenues. The owners are thinking about the long-term financial health of the league. The players don’t care, and they’re going to end up ruining the NFL with their short-sighted greed.
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I don’t care how many people want to make this comparison, there is no similarity between the NFL and a typical workplace. Does the typical workplace pay it’s employees a percentage of the revenue? No, they pay a straight salary or wage. As such, the only financial info on the company the typical worker needs to know is that the company will stay in business and not be laying people off. For NFL players, it’s much different. Oh, and the players aren’t just workers, they’re also the product. Replace them with lesser players and you have little more than a bloated UFL.

Now, as for the oh so wise owners and greedy players, you need to ask yourself some questions. Why are costs up? If salaries are pegged to a certain percentage of the revenue, then saying player costs are rising means very little, as they remain a set percentage of the revenue. Therefore, it is other costs that are causing any supposed decrease in profits. Why are the owners so determined not to show their books? Is it because they don’t want everyone to see the real reason for some of these cost increases? How many family members and friends are hired on at bloated salaries to perform unnecessary or poorly defined jobs? Are private jet costs and other expenses not really football related being billed to the team? Now, let’s talk about greed. Who sets the ticket, concession, merchandise, etc prices? Who came up with the idea of PSLs? In other words, who made attending a game with your family so expensive that they’ve priced a number of fans out of the experience…and then blacked out the games because they couldn’t sell all their tickets? The players have no control over this. They simply get a percentage of the take. If the owners want to reduce the players’ salaries, they can simply cut their own prices. They won’t do that unless absolutely forced to, however, no matter what the players’ salaries are. If they can get the money out of you, they’re going to pocket it.

Players want to know what the cap is for player salaries, period.

All this talk about how the benefits are more expensive to provide and are eating into the profitability of the league are obvious to owners who know exactly how much health insurance and funding a pension plan costs.

Most of the other benefits are low cost by comparison, like life insurance or a dental plan.

If the benefits in total cost 20% of the money allotted to salary plus benefits, then that would be around $28 million meaning the cap for salaries would be down around $113 million which is about $15 million lower than 2009.

Without opening the books and getting the players to see how ‘total compensation’ is impacting the teams, they will never even be speaking the same language.

The NFL is dead.

Not to mention, the Packers’ books are open for everyone to see, and they show exactly what the owners have been claiming: escalating player costs and declining profits, despite record league revenues. The owners are thinking about the long-term financial health of the league. The players don’t care, and they’re going to end up ruining the NFL with their short-sighted greed.

However, the lawyers for the plaintiffs in the antitrust suit have every right to negotiate terms of a settlement in that suit. Those settlement terms of that class-action lawsuit essentially become a new CBA.

That’s why the NFLPA* handpicked the lawyers that would represent the players in the pending Brady, et al v. NFL case.

Yes, if Mr. Lord Goodell offered the players a bag of dog sh*t and a used snot-rag I would STILL say the league offered a damn good deal.
Actually too good of a deal for those greedy punks

You pay employees who generate revenue. This is why the sales force is typically the highest paid in the company, owner included.

These owners suck tax payers dry to fund their stadiums. They feed off players to generate revenue and bring in customers.

50/50 seems reasonable.

It should be obvious to even union loving socialists that the problem in these “negotiations” has been Smith and his union henchmen.

“Sounds like a damn good deal to me.”

Goodell could have offered them a bag of dog sh*t and a used snot-rag and you’d still say that.

You also have no discernible valuable skills. You also don’t sacrifice your body so some old man can get richer.

I’m beginning to the feeling that, for those of you who support the owners, there’s just a bit of “Hey, we’re paying ‘them’ for something ‘they’ would be doing anyway. ” It’s fairly obvious.