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Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck
Great posts guys. Here are my random thoughts:
- Revenue sharing in sports is not only desired but vital. The fact is certain markets will always generate more revenue than others. Without any revenue sharing this discrepency between big markets and small markets would continue to grow exponentially until the quality and competitiveness of the league hits rock bottom (ie MLB).
- Individual people are greedy for the most part. The NFL is lucky because they came up with revenue sharing decades ago when the league had no revenue. If they tried to instate this rule now I don't think it would ever get passed, or the sharing would be much much less.
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Excellent Post CrazyCanuck.......................
When you compare the NFL to the other major sports leagues NBA, MLB, and the now suspended NHL, the NFL is the most successful. Revenue sharing and the way the NFL salary cap is structured are the things that have helped, and enables Green Bay with a population of 100,000 to compete at the same level as big markets such as New York, or owners with deep pockets Snyder/Jones for example--the league MUST HAVE revenue sharing. At the same time they have allowed free agency for the players. I would still like the NFL to institute a rookie cap for the first 3 years......similar to the NBA.....so the NFL teams can see how the rookie pans out before tying up lots of cap money, over a long contract on an unknown. especially if a rookie doesn't pan out, even if they cut that player, the team takes a huge cap hit, especially if he was a top rookie QB prospect or a #1 draft pick!. To enable a team to keep players I'd also like to see a veteran exception for the salary cap, if a player has played with the same team for 5 years..........
Your right though a lot of this collective bargaining agreement, is tied into the new TV contracts....the players want their share which is only fair.