stuckincincy Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Article from this morning's Cincy n'paper, about the new CBA, and unshared revenue putting the blocks to small-market clubs. As we know, B'gals owner Brown & B'lls' Wilson were the 2 to vote against the new agreement. I didn't know that each team has to pay 21 million/year for players benefits. Must be a nice package... Or that a small market team - the B'gals - pays out 68% of their revenue to players (Bflo is similar - Ralph says the Bills pay out 65%), while the big-market clubs pay out only 47% as the wealthy teams' unshared revenue pushes the cap higher and higher. "Haves' vs. 'Have-mores' Small-market owners warn of widening gap in teams' revenues BY MARK CURNUTTE | MCURNUTTE@ENQUIRER.COM 02/25/07 INDIANAPOLIS - Coaches, executives and scouts from all 32 NFL teams have gathered here this week for the annual scouting combine, the unofficial start of the new season, when clubs share the cost of getting an up-close look at the top draft-eligible college players. Teams with the worst records last season will have the first picks April 28. At 12:01 Friday morning, another session will begin of veteran free agency, the process in which teams, governed by a uniform spending limit, can compete fairly on the open market for players. NFL draft and free-agency structures are just two practices that ensure competitive balance, the reason that teams from two small cities, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis, won the last two Super Bowls. But the management of the Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars and several other small-market NFL teams are warning that the league's competitive balance is being threatened by tremendous growth in revenues that have resulted - in large part - from that level playing field.". etc. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...0430/1067/SPT02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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