Well if your going to tax the high earners for maximizing profits you should damn well fine the bottom feeders if they are not doing enough to gernerate profits.
Example: Naming rights on Ralph Wilson Stadium and Paul Brown Stadium.
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Can’t Speak for Cleaveland, but Ralph Wilson Stadium is wholy owned by the County….
the Bills are just TENANTS!!!!!
Erie County changed the name to the current Ralph Willson Stadium(from RICH STADUIM)
as a thank you for the 50 years that Ralph has kept the team in Buffalo…
Any Revenue from stadium Naming Rights goes to Erie County Tax Payers….
Ths Bills Have Sought out other Revenue Streams Like the Bills in Toronto Series which Netted the Bills 78 Million $ over 5 Years.

The 2009 cap floor was 87.5%, I believe. 90% is not that huge of a jump. $105 million vs. $108 million on a $120 million cap.
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Figures I have read: 09 salary cap 128 mill. Floor 107.7 mill, so appx. 84%.

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goawayeverybody says:
Jul 24, 2011 1:21 AM
I love it. A bunch of Republican owners instituting a tax on the highest-earning franchises.

What a truly upside-down world we sometimes live in.
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It does seem weird…but I think you’d be surprised at how many owners are Dems.

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It’s not the towns. It’s the owners.

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Not every franchise can get a stadium financed 100% by the public, either.

Now, let the welfare recipient team’s fans hit the thumbs down in droves. Moochers.

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The unintended consequences of previous CBAs was having small market teams unable to compete with large market teams. Not every franchise can land a new stadium with luxury suites. This tax, as reported above is 10% of “local revenue”. I don’t imagine Jerry Jones would turn down a chance to get an extra 10 million if 1 million of that goes to help small market teams. The revenue sharing model of the 70s and 80s was the best one the league has ever had and it was during that time frame that the NFL surpassed MLB as America’s favorite sport. During the 90s and 00s the league has simply increased it’s lead over the other major pro sports. All of that is threatened if franchises start closing down because the smallest markets couldn’t compete with Dallas, Washington, and New York. The owners somehow finally understood this basic idea and made a move back to helping preserve the profitability of ALL 32 franchises.

What a truly upside-down world we sometimes live in.

Oh, Danny Boy, I hear you whining. You pathetic, little midget. Oh, Danny Boy, you can kiss it. Kiss it goodbye, you deserve it. (Kinda catchy. Sing it to the tune of Shenandoah).

This is a strange post. Didn’t Dan Snyder vote for this policy with the other owners?

Personally, I hope this makes Dan Snyder STOP trying to make as much money as possible.

For the NFL, though, having folks stop making as much as they can would hurt the whole league by lowering overall revenue.

Odd…

Because there was a gag order in place during the negotiations, the author has no basis to make the above claim. The details of what was discussed during the negotiations will not truley be known until after the CBA is signed.

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The 2009 cap floor was 87.5%, I believe. 90% is not that huge of a jump. $105 million vs. $108 million on a $120 million cap.

Why do you think they are doing this now? Because thankfuly, those bottom feeders now have to spend at least 90% of all salary cap,and maybe up to 99% this year

-QG

In other words, it ain’t socialism if a private business determines that revenue can be maximized if one team shares with another. It’s socialism if a government puts a gun to your head and takes money away from those who produce and gives it to those who don’t.
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VERY well stated.

It doesn’t matter what form of “Government” a business chooses to establish within itself. Why people keep harping on this is beyond me, but it’s flat nonsense. The business model the NFL chooses to embrace simply does not apply to real life.

Take a look at Portugal, Spain and Greece. Look at the devastating economic problems they are having, thanks in large part to socialist governments. For good measure, look at California, and the economic woes facing that state. Socialism simply does not work as a government model. It does, however, work as a business model, especially for a business with as few moving parts as the NFL.

By the way, almost every single business out there has some form of socialism in the form of benefits, 401k matching and profit sharing. This works in business. It does not work in government.

You see the players only care about one thing….more money. They don’t care about small market teams and they don’t want big market teams to help them out. What they would like is for those small market teams to have to move cities to big market areas where there is more money.

This way the players 48% is more. The NFL (while almost as greedy as the players) understands about the importance of tradition.

So if you live in Buffalo, Jacksonville, Carolina, ect. …..you should consider yourself on notice, the players want you out.

In other words, it ain’t socialism if a private business determines that revenue can be maximized if one team shares with another. It’s socialism if a government puts a gun to your head and takes money away from those who produce and gives it to those who don’t.

I respectfully request that all future posts about the lockout be filed under Turd Watch.

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Kudos Big Vinny – I loved it!

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This got edited before, but….
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports “major progress” has been made in Saturday’s CBA negotiations, and that the NFLPA* Executive Committee will meet on Monday and likely recommend ratification of the agreement.
As we’ve learned the hard way in recent days, it’s best not to get too excited until the deal is actually done, but the finish line is as close as it has ever been. NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora reports free agency could begin “around” Wednesday, with training camps following on Friday.