So 25 m x 32 = 800 M. That's
already wiped out in year-over-year projected growth, '14-'15:
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/...Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/NFL-revenue.aspx
As for the growth of the sport... I remember reading in the articles on the last CBA that the issue was how to divide up the
$9 billion in annual revenue. We're at
$12b projected in 2015.
Goodell is on record as saying it should be a
$25 billion sport by 2027.
So in support of your point: He's a giant douche who is doing - thus far - exactly what he's been hired to do.
It doesn't matter to the owners whether the game changes to the South Park "sarcastiball" rules, as long as it generates the revenue targets we're talking about.
It wasn't long ago when these egomaniac owners just owned sports teams to say they owned sports teams, without actually thinking they'd be cash cows. They'd even put up with losing money as a write-off year after year.
Times have changed. Whatever is good for gate, regardless of the fairness or unfairness of how you get there.
