You seem to think the owners of the franchises and the individual franchises themselves, their history and traditions, are valueless.
Sure, a certain portion of each roster is made up of irreplaceable players (and I am not talking the Mannings, Brady's etc.), it is also true that a large portion of every roster is made up of very replaceable players. The bottom third of most rosters churn year to year. Sometimes stars emerge from this bottom tier (Keenan McCardell jumps to mind), sometimes stars emerge by accident (Kurt Warner). Ultimately, even if all the current players went and formed a new league, if the NFL stayed in operation, the NFL would "replace" all the immediately irreplaceable players. Not immediately, of course, but, in time, the NFL owners through their marketing savvy, greater capitol resources and the inherent value of their trade names which have accrued value over decades, the players might succeed in the short term but probably... as so many competitors have done in the past ... fail.
Could the players come up with enough capital to fund the PR and acquisition of new talent to drive the NFL out of business? Do the players have the systemic and organizational skills to create a league out of whole clothe that would take fans away from their traditional loyalties? (If the current "ultimate Redskin" Cooley gets traded to Denver - are you going to stop being a Redskin fan?) Then there is the coaching aspect ... would players be able to provide the stability and authority (to coaches) that it would take to attract the top coaches? Do you think Belicheck is leaving New England to coach a team in a start up league? Even if that start up league is made of top players. Or will he, perhaps, take the guarranteed stability of the NFL and its deep pcocket owners? Sure, he has to coach less than top talent for a few years but do you really think that is going to stop him or any of the other top coaches from staying with the NFL?
The bottom line is that it is a symbiotic relationship. Each side brings something valuable to the table. Your complete dismissal of the owners value is either naive, stupid or just plain obtuse due to your inherent socialist tendencies.
