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SBXVII · 02-18-2011, 10:56 AM

CRedskinsRule,

Your observation is probably correct. One would think that if the owners walked into the meetings showing where all the money is going and it all adds up and it still shows the owners are hurting and that due to inflation and costs to keep the stadiums etc. etc. they need to take more from the players cut then in order to keep their jobs the players might say "ok". However there are only few businesses that open their books to the employees to see where the money is going and who's getting the bigger slice of the pie. As you said it's a trust issue. The players don't buy the owners complaining about needing more money to run facilities either practice areas or stadiums. The owners don't want the players having the knoweledge of exactly what dollar amount is coming in because they are afraid the NFLPA will fight to take more of the pie.

Personally if I owned a business and the employees agreed to work for $10 an hour then they should work and get paid for the $10 an hour. If the employee doesn't think he's getting paid enough or wants better pay he obviously can speak with me about it and if I say no then he has a choice... he can stay making the same amount or he can look for another job. This is reality. This is the real world. No way am I going to open my books to show them or explain to them or to prove to them what I'm paying in employee salaries, what I'm paying in product to keep my business going, and what I'm pocketing each month. Plus people don't go into business to fail or just get by. Most go into business with the thought that their business will make money and they will become rich. Even if most business owners will tell you don't go into business with that thought.

I really hope the fans are not buying into the thought that if the owners get more money or more of the pie then ticket prices will go down. That ain't happening. Why would any business owner lower his prices on any product when he already has people paying what the cost is now? They only lower their prices when the volume of customers starts to lower in order to entice more customers to purchase their product. But you better believe somewhere else the price will be a lot higher; ie; ticket prices drop but beer and food prices get raised. Most business owners know what the bottom line is to run their business and they have to make that money no matter what. Yeah a gas station has the lowest gas in town but they do that in hopes that your butt will enter the store and pay for the outragous beer cost or soda cost or cigerett cost.

Bottom line... I personally feel the players have options... either play for what monies your agent lobbied for you to get or go elsewhere. Maybe an owner puts 70% of his income towards players salaries and he has all the best big names players but a horrible facility. Oh well. Maybe an owner puts only 30% of his income towards players but has an awesome facility and practice equipement. But in the end if a player wants 30 mill for the next 6 yrs then either the team pays it or he finds another team.

02-18-2011, 10:56 AM	#100
SBXVII Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 7,766	Re: Ongoing CBA discussions CRedskinsRule, Your observation is probably correct. One would think that if the owners walked into the meetings showing where all the money is going and it all adds up and it still shows the owners are hurting and that due to inflation and costs to keep the stadiums etc. etc. they need to take more from the players cut then in order to keep their jobs the players might say "ok". However there are only few businesses that open their books to the employees to see where the money is going and who's getting the bigger slice of the pie. As you said it's a trust issue. The players don't buy the owners complaining about needing more money to run facilities either practice areas or stadiums. The owners don't want the players having the knoweledge of exactly what dollar amount is coming in because they are afraid the NFLPA will fight to take more of the pie. Personally if I owned a business and the employees agreed to work for $10 an hour then they should work and get paid for the $10 an hour. If the employee doesn't think he's getting paid enough or wants better pay he obviously can speak with me about it and if I say no then he has a choice... he can stay making the same amount or he can look for another job. This is reality. This is the real world. No way am I going to open my books to show them or explain to them or to prove to them what I'm paying in employee salaries, what I'm paying in product to keep my business going, and what I'm pocketing each month. Plus people don't go into business to fail or just get by. Most go into business with the thought that their business will make money and they will become rich. Even if most business owners will tell you don't go into business with that thought. I really hope the fans are not buying into the thought that if the owners get more money or more of the pie then ticket prices will go down. That ain't happening. Why would any business owner lower his prices on any product when he already has people paying what the cost is now? They only lower their prices when the volume of customers starts to lower in order to entice more customers to purchase their product. But you better believe somewhere else the price will be a lot higher; ie; ticket prices drop but beer and food prices get raised. Most business owners know what the bottom line is to run their business and they have to make that money no matter what. Yeah a gas station has the lowest gas in town but they do that in hopes that your butt will enter the store and pay for the outragous beer cost or soda cost or cigerett cost. Bottom line... I personally feel the players have options... either play for what monies your agent lobbied for you to get or go elsewhere. Maybe an owner puts 70% of his income towards players salaries and he has all the best big names players but a horrible facility. Oh well. Maybe an owner puts only 30% of his income towards players but has an awesome facility and practice equipement. But in the end if a player wants 30 mill for the next 6 yrs then either the team pays it or he finds another team.