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Originally Posted by FRPLG
Let's clear up what is actually going on with the CBA.
There are 2 issues causing the problems. First is the agreement amongst the owners as to the sharing of revenues. Then there is the CBA negotiations. Now the CBA will never get agreed upon until the owners have agreed on revenue sharing. The reason the CBA negotiations have dragged on is that the owners simply can't agree on how to share the revenues any more. I am not greatly versed in the revenue sharing specifics but I believe they currently share the TV money, ticket sales, league based apparrel contract money, and some other smaller revenue streams. What they don't share is concessions, local tv revenue, team specific apparell sales and such, and other locally produced monies. These local monies are huge for teams like the Skins and Ciowbys and not very huge for teams like KC or Arizona. Of course the Dan doesn't want to share his extra money because he feels he is better at marketing than most of these other teams so why should he give them the spoils of his work.
Once they work this out the CBA can be tackled in full. They'll be able to negotiate from a position of understanding what monies everyone has so they can better work the deal successfully.
So Snyder is not directly holding the CBA up but he is indirectly.
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Right, that's what I mean when I say that Snyder and Jones have been the driving force. They are holding up a new CBA because they can't agree on the revenue sharing. Danny partly wants to keep more of his own money, plain and simple. But he also knows that if he holds up the issue on revenue sharing, a new CBA can't be put in place. And if a new CBA can't be put in place, he knows the league will go uncapped, and he'll be able to outbid for free agents just like the Yankees.
But now he knows his team is close to success and he must know that going uncapped would mean a big part of his team will be dismantled. I think this will cause him to back off his stance a little bit.
Plus his stance wasn't that realistic to begin with. He had a minority on his side, but when he lost Bob McNair, he really doesn't have the votes. I'm sure he's acutely aware of all these factors.