Interesting column here

[44ever]

Here is something interesting.....ly ridiculous. But it just might work for the desperate ones.

NFL to charge people $200 to stand outside Super Bowl stadium - Shutdown Corner - NFL* - Yahoo! Sports

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by 44ever

Here is something interesting.....ly ridiculous. But it just might work for the desperate ones.

NFL to charge people $200 to stand outside Super Bowl stadium - Shutdown Corner - NFL* - Yahoo! Sports

I actually heard about this on Sirius, I think Ross Tucker's Wednesday show when he has Andrew Brandt from the National Football Post on. That guy does a real good job of discussing the current CBA and the financial aspects of the league.

So he was talking about this plan and called it a loss leader for the NFL, because the players will get their 60% of the gross revenue from the event and the owners will end up paying for all the services and costs of it. He presented the issue in a very well reasoned discussion, and explained about the owners refusal to open their books etc.

My take on for this event as a microcosm of the labor issue is this , out of a $200 ticket for example, the players would get $120 to their pot, and the owners would get $80. The players pot is pretty clearly divided up to salary, health benefits, retirees (i think) et. al. The owners will not show how much of the $80 they used for the tents, tv's, security, staffing, etc, so they can say that it's a loss and all 80+ went to expenses, or they could minimize expenses and then maybe 40 went to the owners. Since they won't say, it creates suspicion, and mistrust.

[sportscurmudgeon]

CRedskinsRule:

I looked at this story from a different perspective.

Anyone who pays $200 to stand "outside" in a plaza "near" the stadium to watch the Super Bowl on a big screen TV and who pays $10 for a beer while exercising that privilege has a lot more money than brains.

If you went to FedEx for a game, how much would you pay to stay in the parking lot and watch the game on a giant screen TV?