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Deus Irae

Not unexpected, but good news nonetheless.

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Rob0729

Not surprising at all. None of the owners liked the current CBA. It was starting to make it hard for the small market teams to be competitive for players year after year. Larger market teams saw their profits from additional marketing initiatives like stadium sponsorships start to decline because they were forced to give up a lot more revenue to keep the smaller market teams afloat to pay for the increase in salaries.

I think if the CBA stayed in place, it would not be all that far away that the small market teams would be struggling to pay salaries and maintain day to day operations because a team like the Bills can only generate so much revenue and even revenue sharing can only do so much.

TheGodInAGreyHoodie

Yippy something for the mindless idiots on radio and TV to fill air time with!!!!

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Rob0729

BTW, it is no coincidence that two small market teams are rumored to be up for sale. Both the Rams and Jags have pretty strong rumors of being shopped around. Add Buffalo soon to be up for sale (within the next few years) and probably moving to Toronto around 2013.

Pats726

I am surprised it was unanimous...solidarity from ALL owners..Goodell on the other side?? THAT is interesting...what does that say about his future? This is a complex issue, especially with the economy tanking. With a stronger economy, it might have been more viable long term, but with things liek now, it might have been the only REAL option..a way for all parties to look at the situation NOW and solve it more long term. If Tags was around, I would think it was possible, but with this schmuck, I don't know if that will be possible. This could be the start of the downfall of the league. Upshaw might keep peddling the 'we won't go under 60%' figure, but with the threat of franchises folding, when faced with reality, I believe his tune will change. This is the REAL issue I believe that who love football should be looking at...I wonder how many of these idiot sportwriters will delve into it in detail?

jays52

Goodell will eliminate the first round of the NFL draft this year, and suspend the owners for 8 weeks to a season, depending on market size. Goodell will cite "unprecidented punishment" as his logic. When told that it is impossible to remove the first round of the draft, Goodell will suspend his intern. He will then go put his cowboy hat back on and get on his rocking horse, shooting his play six-shooter at the TV.

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upstater1

Just as an FYI, one of the franchises with the least amount of revenue income made over $25 million in profit last year (Buffalo).

So, it's not like we're talking about a failing industry.

Jimke

This may have been a necessary move for the small market owners

but why is it good news? It could be the end of the salary cap and

the draft. The NFL would be like baseball with wealthy teams like the

Yankees and Red Sox with all the good players. The only party that

benefits from a situation like this is the new football league that

starts operations in 2009. With Gene Upshaw in charge of the player's

union, no good can come of this because Upshaw has dug in his heels

demanding 60 % of total revenues.

Deus Irae

It's good because it was necessary. Without it, the league was in big trouble. With it, the new CBA will, hopefully, feature:

Less money for the players
Less power to discipline for the Ommissioner, and clearer guidelines for it
A more equitable distribution of ownership monies
A rookie wage scale of some sort

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