Beast_from_East;1675643 said:
Actually the system works great and is the best in all of sports, not like that joke of a cap in the NBA. The salary cap is set as a percentage of NFL gross revenue. The more the NFL makes, the higher the salary cap goes. The opposite can happen. If the NFL has a down year and losses money, the salary cap will go down.
Pay per view is already here, it is called Sunday Ticket.
The NFL makes its money from Network TV Contracts, that will not change. NBC, CBS, FOX, and ESPN pass the cost along to advertisers who look at the ratings to determine if that 30 sec commerical is worth the $$$.
As long as the ratings stay high, the advertisers will keep paying the networks, who in turn will pay even more for NFL contracts, which in turn raises NFL revenue, which then raises the salary cap.
ROMO WILL GET $30 MILL BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE ED COMMERCIALS:laugh2:
back up and see more than *today* but look where it's going.
the system works "great" *today*. i'm talking 10 years down the road when whatever romo gets today is dwarfed by some rookie a crappy team had to have coming out of the draft.
30mil guaranteed. wow. would we have imagined that 5 years ago? what would a 3rd year aikman get *today*?
no way should he get payton money? why not? even if he did it's a lesser % capwise than what indy did. the value of the position has gone up since then. why? and where does the money come from?
ultimately, us. how much do you spend on football a year now and how much are you willing to before it's just too much of your disposable income to afford so you stop or cut back? no 1 person won't make a difference either way but i'm talking trending.
$2500 for nosebleed seats to the superbowl. you going? if so, how much before you won't go? if not, is price a major factor in your decision?
pay per view isn't here in the way i'm talking. i'm talking even local channels will give out to the dish network or cable tv and buy the rights maybe. the nfl network may keep it all for itself and charge you per game but allow you to watch any game you want. want to watch dallas? sure. $20. $39.95? that will come later as the baby steps guide the way.
we laughed when russell asked for 30+mil guaranteed yet romo will likely get it. then in 5 years when the next "romo" comes along, $45mil guaranteed won't be a thing at all.
where is that extra $15mil going to come from? you? me? yep. we'll have to buy more shirts, tickets, that $6 beer is now a $10 spot and suddenly it's $200 for nosebleed seats at the new stadium. um...seat. maybe they'll have to put up a way to make you pay to go to the restroom now also.
if not the next $15mil that pushes it too far, what about when we reach the $100mil guaranteed.
where will that $70mil come from?
$60 pay per views. or maybe you can go to your local sports bar and pay $10 to get in and have more reasonable beer and food. (that i may actually do tomorrow) only the bar will have to pay $1000 to get it for replay in that capacity.
it's only a matter of time before football outgrows itself and look at the last % hike in the cap and look at the next few. great, so we can pay more $ now. but in the end the $ value of football does have a cap before the "salary raises" simply can't be met by demand.
the players won't think it fair because the league didn't plan / manage better.
the league won't think it fair the players are asking for more than the league is making.
look what happened to hockey a few years ago. why is football immune from this?
it's not and what i'm telling you will come about. it's a "progression" of things that if not managed it will happen. and since no one will listen to the manager spreading doom/gloom if one is around to say we'll be fine, it won't be fine and who knows. maybe the league itself will bankrupt.
or i could be wrong.
