[CBFF] What the NFL labor vote means (Pompei)

[Ryan Dietzenbach]

I don't know enough about major league sports finance to know if that's a
lot but it would seem to me the players are doing awfully well.
Furthermore, the owners are actually "invested" in this process with their
money.  Their butts are on the line if the unthinkable happens.

I guess I almost always look at these things from management standpoint.

RD

2008/5/20 Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net>:

>  There's risk, yes, but not so much with those TV contracts. There's a lot
> more risk that one play ruins your whole career and forces you to look at
> sales jobs or building garage doors.
>
> The percentage doesn't seem so crazy to me, it's the wild risks of
> guaranteed money for unproven players. I think there should be much shorter
> initial contracts, like three years, with the fourth year restricted and the
> fifth semi-restricted. Two years if they're in the fifth round or lower,
> with two years of restricted free agency (a draft pick comparable to the
> initial pick) afterward. Something like that.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ryan Dietzenbach <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com>
> **
>
> NFL owners take on all the risks of doing business and players want MORE
> than 60 percent of revenues?  Does that seem a little stupid to anyone
> else?
>
> RD
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What the NFL labor vote means
>>
>> Dan Pompei, 11:43 a.m.
>>
>> After more than 20 years of labor peace, the NFL gave the Players
>> Association a swift kick this morning when team owners unanimously
>> voted to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement.
>>
>> What this means is the 2010 season could be played without a salary
>> cap, and the 2011 season could be endangered by a work stoppage. The
>> good news is we know the next three seasons will be played as planned.
>>
>> NFL owners had until November to opt out of the CBA, but there was no
>> point in waiting because there was so much dissatisfaction over the
>> terms of the agreement, which had been extended in March of 2006.
>>
>> Opting out does not guarantee labor doom, however. This really is only
>> the first step in a negotiation process to reach an accord.
>>
>> The problem is NFL teams want to give players less revenue. They
>> currently are committed to giving them about 60 percent of league
>> revenues. And the NFLPA wants more league revenue.
>>
>> About the only guarantee is this is going to be long, bumpy ride.
>
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