NFL owners vote to opt out of labor contract

It was more about timing. Rozelle got the owners to agree on revenue sharing in the infancy of televised sports -- before large-market owners fully understood how much they would be giving up. If the league had waited a couple more years, it might not have happened.

Same with Selig getting MLB owners to share Internet revenue. It couldn't happen if he had waited until now.

Personally, I think the lead should let individual owners control more of their local marketing efforts. As it stands, the individual club brands are getting lost in a homogenized NFL.

 

The arms race between Jerry and Danny in 2010 is gonna be chips-and-salsa stuff.

 

8-8 and still the biggest money grubber in a league with Jerry Jones in it

 

Wowee.

Tell ya this: If the NFL allows the players to walk following 2010, then the league deserves whatever fate it gets. Talk about potentially killing the golden goose.

 

Maybe, but Wellington Mara could have complained about how much money he would lose being in the biggest media capital. He didn't, because he knew it would be best for the league.

Mara also wanted to bring back Vince Lombardi as head coach after the 1960 season. The league persuaded Mara, and Lombardi, that it would be in the best interest of the Packers that Lombardi stay in Green Bay.

 

The NFL loves to embellish these stories about the unselfish, forward-thinking league pioneers of the day, but there just wasn't much money in local TV at the time. If the bigger market guys really understood how much they'd lose in the long run, they wouldn't have gone along.

 

Meanwhile, they do want to take away a preseason game, and make the regular season 17 games.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3405076

 

That would be a step in the right direction.

 

Eliminate a preseason game = good.
17 regular-season games = stupid.

 

Bet you the games around the world come in as the 17th game so teams have even home and road games to maintain competitive balance.

 

Everybody would have to play one neutral site game to keep it equitable.

 

Once they get to an uncapped season, why the the players association ever allow a cap again?
The "small market" greedy fucks who are complaiing about not enough shared revenue could get crushed by this if the PA shows any balls.