I'm staying with my prediction in 2008 until something real changes, The Owners can't pay 66 percent in labor, no business can and cover all the other expenses, even sharing revenue top teams to bottom, 4% profit could be made on a $billon CD, but then none would be spent in Arizona or anywhere else for that matter.
40% tax rate leaves you in the hole already and the Obama administration would rather have 50% or more from any successful business, NFL or not.
Bill Bidwill's has about 70 years invested in the Cardinals, now its worth about 1 $Billion but the doubling and tripling of franchise that happen in this last CBA is drying up. The Owners first offer was 40% to the players.
Last I heard the players have pre planned to kill the union to make the teams honor contracts individually. So the Owners have already won. Now the Owners are saying take the first offer at 40% or leave it, to make the players the bad guys or the reason for the lock out.
Either way the Owners war chests are packed, they will lock out union players and hire non union. The Union ate its own lunch like all unions do, They are addicted and paid to get more, no matter what. The Players union is toast after the 2009 golden standard year of players pay and salary cap. Greed kills union.
The only way the union can survive is to comprimise at 50% equal partnership. Share the heaven and hell of the NFL, Right now when Vick went to prison only the owner was hurt, none of the players suffered financially directly.
If the draft and FA's provides the weakest teams with a fighting chance each year great for all. Players have their cake and eat it too. But when was the last time the Players union diciplined a player? They act like a fool, accept fines with a laugh, could care less about the well being of the NFL overall. Thats all on the owner, the stadium, merchandizing, that the players don't pay nothing but get a cut of the profit?
If anybody ever wore the different hats of a business, They understand. I was the owner, foreman, worker, salesman of my own business. each position or title wanted something else and more from the pie. earned or not.
