Revenue Sharing.

[BigSKINBauer]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Great analysis, you're dead-on.

Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones (the highest revenue generators) contend that less revenue should be shared because of owners like that of the Cards. They contend that there isn't enough incentive for them to market themselves because they can grab a big chunk of shared revenues to make up for their laziness. I agree, to a point. The worst thing that could happen to the league is moving back to the un-capped era. The point was made earlier, Rozelle's theory, that league parity is what leads to compelling drama and interest across the entire country. Without a salary cap, big market teams like our Redskins will outspend the smaller market teams and gain a big advantage in player acquisition. This leads to the PERCEPTION amongst the public that the smaller market teams don't have a chance to compete, and hence interest drops. (It doesn't matter whether wins and losses are actually tied to payroll size or not, what matters is that people PERCEIVE that is the case, and consequently the non-die-hard fans lose interest once they realize their team can't afford to sign the household name players) And when some fans begin losing interest, demand for tickets decreases, as well as the number of people who will watch the games on TV. That leads to declining TV ratings, and that means fewer TV revenues for the NFL. That's the key, those TV revenues are the biggest chunk of the shared pot, if TV revenues start declining, ALL NFL teams will be worse off, including Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones.

Not to mention the quality of the league declines as the big market teams (like the Yanks and the Red Sox) just spend their way into the postseason.

I'm OK with wanting to adjust the amount of shared revenues, but not if it destroys the salary cap system.

I completely agree, i just don't understand 1 thing,.... i heard that 2007 will be an uncapped year, is this true or will this be resolved. Does that mean we could sign players for 7 years and pay the full amount during that single year. we could cut all the players and not worry bout penalties and sign the probowl team. (I don't want this to happen) Is this a possiblility or will the situation be resolved..... or has it been resolved?