A-Rod, who plays for the Yankees after putting the Rangers in financial trouble, moved to the one franchise that can afford him. A-Rod is one of 8 starting fielders with another 4-5 pitchers that get paid for the Yankees. That is, 13 players that get paid well. The Yankees generated $441 million in revenue in 2010. The Colts generated $248 million.

Do you really think it is odd that the highest paid player on a team that made almost $200 million more in a season is willing to pay their star $10 million more than the lower revenue generating team?

Really? The Yankees operate on a bankroll all their own. They beat the next highest revenue generating team in MLB by $173 million in 2010. I am shocked they can overpay.

As for boxers, they do not share their money with other boxers. For every millionaire, there are thousands of boxers that have work a real job while they train just to eat. The NFL spreads the wealth differently.

This lawsuit should be called what it is, the rich wanting to get richer…..and it is the upper end players that are rich.

Does anyone realize that Peyton Manning made more in salary in 2010 than Forbes states some NFL teams made in profit? The NFL’s model works.

Out of all professional sports- football owners make the most- that is a fact.

Baseball- even though players play 162- the total revenue it brings in is about 6 billion. The NFL BRINGS IN 9 BILLION!!! The league brings in the most money period. And does anyone really want to argue that Peyton Manning doesnt work at his craft year round??

Manny Pac might fight one or two fights a year- i dont begrudge him his 30 some million.

But then there are people here who are just fine with a guy like jed york- doing nothing but being born- gettings 100 million dollars worth of profit every year???

You people are absolutely nuts-

The prevailing argument is that there are more games in baseball, therefore baseball players should get more. Really genuises??? Then how do you reconcile that Pacquiao gets $32M for 30 minutes of fighting???????

And how exactly do you expect any sport to cram 187 thousand fans in per game? 3 million in a year is only around 19,000 fans per game at 162 games.

I don’t care if it is the same teams, that would be called the 80′s and 90′s when the NFC dominated football and, outside of the 49ers, the NFC BEast dominated. As a Redskins fan I can’t say I care.

As for all comparing games played to argue why A-Rod gets paid more, doesn’t Pacquiao fight like once or twice a year maximum?

Pacquiao is actually the better comparison; how much value do you bring to the table. If NFL games were PPV, the Colts would make a killing with Manning, w/out Manning it would look like the first roughly 15 to 20 years in Indy when most games were blacked out. This value is how he should be paid, not how many games. That is what we call Capitalism, which is non-existent in the NFL except for the Owners other business dealings in the name of the Team.

Not saying they should be the highest paid players, or should get more than they are getting now, but how about they get a little love in here as we know what the game is about.

You can discount the amount paid to baseball and basketball players because the play so damned many games that they don’t mean anything.

“Funny thing is that everyone assumes Peyton Manning is a 100% lock to return to the Colts. Rumors have floated about free agency, no NFL draft and other possible changes with a new CBA. What happens if the franchise tag changes and he becomes a true free agent? What would prevent a Daniel Snyder from signing him under a new CBA?”

I’ll take “the obvious” for $500 Alex: What is Dan Snyder.

See e.g. Eli’s not going to San Diego (a lovely town, by the way).

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/30/biz_07nfl_Indianapolis-Colts_309104.html

This is also true for any franchise QB.

The folks who make more than Manning or Brady do so because they operate in a free market. Pacquio can play Showtime off HBO. Kevin Harvick can play Penske off Hendrick. The NFL is a monopoly so where can Manning gain any leverage? Threatening to play for the Ottawa Rough Riders?

The NFL operates a socialist business model where revenues are shared, payrolls are capped, and “competitive balance” concerns outweigh all other issues.

It’s also worth noting that baseball and NBA contracts (ie 5 years for 20 million) are guaranteed while all NFL contracts (ie 5 years for 20 million) are PR scams where the player is actually guaranteed zero dollars should he be cut.

His cap number in 2011 is $15.667 million, down from $19.267 million in 2010 which is down from $21.2 million in 2009. As the money that was paid up front clears, it makes his deal better.

Where were all the owner advocates when he was eating up $21.2 million in 2009 which was roughly 15% of his team’s salary cap.

Poor Peyton. He may have to settle for 23 bedrooms instead of 26.