The NFL is changing. With labor contracts expiring the NFL, players and owners are engaging in negotiations. Looks like the old revenue sharing system is already a casualty. The salary cap could be the next to fall.
You know what the NFL should do? The NFL should keep the structure it has. It's a no brainer, everyone should be on board. Any owner who disagree is a moron, I'm looking at you Jerry Jones.
The NFL has been an incredibly successful business. This MSNBC article from a couple years ago illustrates how the NFL has soared as a business enterprise, even have other sports have sputtered.
Players, owners, coaches, agents, tv, radio, merchandise stores . . . the list of those individuals who profit from the NFL is extensive, and so is the profit. FANTASY football has been estimated to have as much as a $4 billion impact on the economy and is played by 30 million people. You read that right, fantasy football.
Polls demonstrate the continued rise of NFL's popularity over the last 20 years. And, that polling started in 1985, a time when the NFL was already popular. (also, look at the rise of fall of the NBA in that poll, the NBA's popularity has plummeted 10 points in the last ten years).
I honestly cannot fathom the mental processes that would cause the people in positions of power in the NFL to decide now is the time to tinker with the system. I could go on and on about the details of the NFL system that make it better than other sports, and why that is. But, all of that would be my opinion. Lets forget the reasons why the NFL's system is so great, because that's making the issue too complicated.
Lets simplify.
NFL = most successful sports entity in the country
NFL = is *increasing* in popularity and profit
That's it. That's all you need to know. Let. it. be.
That's what the NFL should do.
I realize that the NFL does not have the best rookie pay scale. This is something I think could be addressed. But if it requires some kind of concessions, why bother? Could it be worth it to get a structured system of pay for rookies in exchange for more guaranteed contracts or no salary cap? It's *possible*, but why bother with possibilities when what you have now is guaranteed to be successful. We know it's guaranteed because it is currently working and has been working for years, how could you possibly be so greedy as to want a better deal than that?
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