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NFL | Two sides not that far apart
Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:43:10 -0800
Rick Gosselin, of the Dallas Morning News, reports the NFL owners and the NFLPA are not that far apart on the labor negotiations. Under the old CBA, the players received 64.5 percent of the designated gross revenue. The new CBA would give them a percentage of all football revenues. The designated gross revenue accounts for 87 percent of the NFL's gross revenues, generated primarily from network television contracts and ticket sales. Excluded from the financial pot was local revenue generated by teams from suites, parking, concessions, merchandising, signage and stadium naming-rights fees. The players wanted all football revenues included in the pot and then take a percentage of that gross. The owners maintain if the size of the pie increases, the player share of the pie should decrease. So instead of 64 percent of the designated gross, the owners offered 56.2 percent of the gross revenue, and that's where the stalemate currently exists. NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw said he wants the player's share to be at least 60 percent.
http://mb19.scout.com/fcowboyupdatefrm10.showMessage?topicID=97652.topic
So they already get 64.5% of 87%. That means they currently get 56.1% of the full 100%. The owners are offering 56.2%, or basically status quo, percentage-wise. But if the money from "suites, parking, concessions, merchandising, signage and stadium naming-rights fees" continues to grow like it has, this will bump everyone's take up proportionally.
I'm scratching my head on this one .... it really just seems like greed on the players' part. The new offering from the owners appears to be, on the whole, better than what is already in existence.....
NFL | Two sides not that far apart
Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:43:10 -0800
Rick Gosselin, of the Dallas Morning News, reports the NFL owners and the NFLPA are not that far apart on the labor negotiations. Under the old CBA, the players received 64.5 percent of the designated gross revenue. The new CBA would give them a percentage of all football revenues. The designated gross revenue accounts for 87 percent of the NFL's gross revenues, generated primarily from network television contracts and ticket sales. Excluded from the financial pot was local revenue generated by teams from suites, parking, concessions, merchandising, signage and stadium naming-rights fees. The players wanted all football revenues included in the pot and then take a percentage of that gross. The owners maintain if the size of the pie increases, the player share of the pie should decrease. So instead of 64 percent of the designated gross, the owners offered 56.2 percent of the gross revenue, and that's where the stalemate currently exists. NFLPA executive director Gene Upshaw said he wants the player's share to be at least 60 percent.
http://mb19.scout.com/fcowboyupdatefrm10.showMessage?topicID=97652.topic
So they already get 64.5% of 87%. That means they currently get 56.1% of the full 100%. The owners are offering 56.2%, or basically status quo, percentage-wise. But if the money from "suites, parking, concessions, merchandising, signage and stadium naming-rights fees" continues to grow like it has, this will bump everyone's take up proportionally.
I'm scratching my head on this one .... it really just seems like greed on the players' part. The new offering from the owners appears to be, on the whole, better than what is already in existence.....