Jarv
04-07-2005, 11:45 AM
You know, reading the TO thread about wanting more money made me think. The NFL has the owners as a committee, the refs have their own association, there is the NFLPA (players association)...
But who represents us, the fans ?
The salary cap goes up every due to increased TV contracts, one of the big ones from DirectTV, I know my bill has gone up for DirectTV every year, paid for by the fans.
Ticket prices go up every year, guess who pays that ? How about merchandise cost ? Again us.
When a guy like TO wants more money, who pays for it ??? Us !
Now the NFLPA negoiates with the NFL and the teams on the collective barganing agreement, who has no say in these talks ? Us fans.
What if we had our own organization ? We pay all of the bills in the long run. With the virtual world of the internet we could really make our voices heard.
If we were all united, we could legally ask all of our members (every single NFL fan) to boycott anything that increases our cost to watch and enjoy football.
For example, we could boycott buying the merchandise of every player who has Rosenhaus or the Potsons as an agent. We could boycott advertisers on DirectTV (while still watching DirectTV) unless they change some of their policies. I have has DirectTV for years, just for Football's NFL ticket, now I have to buy a DirectTV package, just to get the NFL ticket.
Revenue sharing between the players and the teams, we could ask for a cut...after all, it is our money. Lower the cap and lower ticket prices, or we strategically boycott advertisers (except budweiser of course) who fund the TV contracts.
We could have the loudest voice in football is we banded together to protest us having to pay the higher salaries these players get, higher ticket and TV prices we pay...to watch a sport the we used to be able to afford to see live and watch for free in the 70's.
I'm sure there are many other ways that you guys could think of how we could leverage our buying power to bring down our prices to enjoy the game we love to see.
I just joined the local Chamber here in my area. As a small business owner one of the 1st advantages I saw was the medical insurance. because I am part of a larger organization via the Chamber, my cost have been cut dramtically. Power in numbers.
So, if there is anything we as fans want changed in the NFL, we should start the NFL fan association and use the combined power of our spending money via advertisers/merchandising...etc. to let our voice be heard.
Sorry about the off topic thread here on the main board, just thought it would get more traffic here.
Love to hear what you guys think...Elections over the internet and donations via paypal or something could make this thing grow like wildfire.
Finally, let the fans voice be heard...and not just in a mis mash of yelling but united with a strng single message that is heard loud and clear buy the NFL, NFLPA and the owners.
What do you think ?
But who represents us, the fans ?
The salary cap goes up every due to increased TV contracts, one of the big ones from DirectTV, I know my bill has gone up for DirectTV every year, paid for by the fans.
Ticket prices go up every year, guess who pays that ? How about merchandise cost ? Again us.
When a guy like TO wants more money, who pays for it ??? Us !
Now the NFLPA negoiates with the NFL and the teams on the collective barganing agreement, who has no say in these talks ? Us fans.
What if we had our own organization ? We pay all of the bills in the long run. With the virtual world of the internet we could really make our voices heard.
If we were all united, we could legally ask all of our members (every single NFL fan) to boycott anything that increases our cost to watch and enjoy football.
For example, we could boycott buying the merchandise of every player who has Rosenhaus or the Potsons as an agent. We could boycott advertisers on DirectTV (while still watching DirectTV) unless they change some of their policies. I have has DirectTV for years, just for Football's NFL ticket, now I have to buy a DirectTV package, just to get the NFL ticket.
Revenue sharing between the players and the teams, we could ask for a cut...after all, it is our money. Lower the cap and lower ticket prices, or we strategically boycott advertisers (except budweiser of course) who fund the TV contracts.
We could have the loudest voice in football is we banded together to protest us having to pay the higher salaries these players get, higher ticket and TV prices we pay...to watch a sport the we used to be able to afford to see live and watch for free in the 70's.
I'm sure there are many other ways that you guys could think of how we could leverage our buying power to bring down our prices to enjoy the game we love to see.
I just joined the local Chamber here in my area. As a small business owner one of the 1st advantages I saw was the medical insurance. because I am part of a larger organization via the Chamber, my cost have been cut dramtically. Power in numbers.
So, if there is anything we as fans want changed in the NFL, we should start the NFL fan association and use the combined power of our spending money via advertisers/merchandising...etc. to let our voice be heard.
Sorry about the off topic thread here on the main board, just thought it would get more traffic here.
Love to hear what you guys think...Elections over the internet and donations via paypal or something could make this thing grow like wildfire.
Finally, let the fans voice be heard...and not just in a mis mash of yelling but united with a strng single message that is heard loud and clear buy the NFL, NFLPA and the owners.
What do you think ?