I wasn't suggesting Jerry or any other owner was living entirely off the team, and in fact I specifically mentioned that Jerry had other investments (albeit of much lesser value than the Cowboys).
But the question was about the business of the NFL, not about whether NFL owners have other sources of income where they are personally doing fine aside from the NFL My point was that the NFL and teams are separate from those other sources, and not supported by those other sources, and the health of the NFL is dependent entirely on the revenue it generates on it's own.
They're prepared for anything of this nature because they know it's just a bump and this bump came at a pretty good time with the largest TV/streaming rights contracts in history coming up.
The nets realize how much they need the NFL and there is no way they're going to let it suffer. It is an odd relationship because the NFL really plays hardball with them but it is such a symbiotic relationship, they're forever bed partners and no one sleeps on the couch.
There is a major difference in the later owners that showed up when the team were valued in the billions, they have to be a lot more flush than Booger was when he paid 140M. They don't get approved without deep deep pockets.
We keep hoping the Jones will sell it but who would they sell a 5.7B team to? It's a short list of potential buyers unless it's a consortium and the NFL doesn't care much for that. They like guys like the one that just bought CAR, worth about 10B and not dependent on his team for sole income.
If there was a shortfall in the expenses of running the NFL, they would easily cover that and probably have some emergency fund set up for just such a rare occurrence.
What's funny to me are these statements of the worth of these owners, really? They're estimates because their tax records are private and Forbes is just guessing because that's their business.
