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The following post appeared in another thread and it has inspired this one.
What gives anyone the right to demand that NFL principals and employees, owners and players, behave in accordance with how one thinks they should behave? If you were the owner of a business would you cotton to "every Tom, Dick and Harry" acting as though they have a say in how you run your business and what you tolerate or don't regarding your employees?
Based on the most precise and concrete information I can find -- the 2000 financials of the Green Bay Packers -- one observes the following (The sums below are the FY99-00 estimated income):
Sharing and the revenue noted above:
In the NFL, three major sources of revenue are shared among all teams.
So when fans start to act as one in terms expressing their dissatisfaction over the conduct of the NFL, they can then act as though they "pay their salaries." Otherwise, that "we pay your salary" line is just talk. It sounds good, I'll grant that, but it doesn't mean sh*t.
When Nitwit Felons League players disrespect the people that the flag represents, they are spitting on their customers, the people who are paying their salaries.
What gives anyone the right to demand that NFL principals and employees, owners and players, behave in accordance with how one thinks they should behave? If you were the owner of a business would you cotton to "every Tom, Dick and Harry" acting as though they have a say in how you run your business and what you tolerate or don't regarding your employees?
Based on the most precise and concrete information I can find -- the 2000 financials of the Green Bay Packers -- one observes the following (The sums below are the FY99-00 estimated income):
- Broadcasting rights -- $60,928,000
- Home game ticket income -- $14,290,000
- Road game ticket income -- $9,150,000
- Marketing and pro shop sales -- $8,482,000
- Suite and club seat premiums -- $5,794,000
- NFL Properties income -- $3,936,000
- Other operating revenues -- $4,710,000
- Expansion fee income -- $5,000,000
- Investments and other non-operating income -- $4,225,000
- Total -- $116,515,000
Sharing and the revenue noted above:
In the NFL, three major sources of revenue are shared among all teams.
- Ticket Revenue: The "road game" revenue is merely the Packer's share of all gate sales and the "home game" revenue is their 60% share of all gate sales.
Why is that important? Because it means that no matter what team's tickets you purchase, 40% of what you pay goes to support all the other teams in the NFL, regardless of what you think of those teams, their owners, the players, etc. - Merchandise revenue: That just goes straight into the "NFL pool of money" and then shared among all teams. So again, you're supporting teams you like and teams you don't like whenever you buy official NFL team merchandise. (If you buy bootleg, you are supporting none of them.)
- Broadcasting Rights: This too is shared evenly among the teams. This pool of money is what provided every team, in 2015, with ~$226M. Until fans refuse to consume NFL content on any form of media, this bucket of money will keep every team afloat.
So when fans start to act as one in terms expressing their dissatisfaction over the conduct of the NFL, they can then act as though they "pay their salaries." Otherwise, that "we pay your salary" line is just talk. It sounds good, I'll grant that, but it doesn't mean sh*t.