In defense of the owners

[Ja Rhule]

Ignore the fact that organized business has been able to successfully enact political policies, tax law enforcement, tax rate changes, labor law, and financial deregulation that has benefited the richest Americans for the past 30 years. Lets just chalk it up to the owners making money because they found a way. Good job them, go owners!

You getting carried away from wealthy people to corporate influence. I work for a privetly owned company, my CEO can buy a basketball team if he wants too. Trust me, he's not affecting any of the things you said above.

[Mr. Scot]

So this is from ESPN? who owns ESPN? I wonder how well they live. Rich people criticizing rich people...:lol: Who are they trying to connect with?

http://corporate.disney.go.com/corporate/overview.html

Rick Reilly is a good writer.

The NFL is like any other business. There are likely plenty of good people in league ownership, but it's no more immune from weaselly, selfish pricks than any other big business.

[Rhys]

That's life. It only depends if you can accept that fact or not. You don't need college degree to be a billionaire. All you need is idea and plan. Those people made it cause they achieved both.

Yea ok. Money is political influence. You have a lot of money you fund campaigns for politicians, you influence them to benefit your special interests, and you profit. That's life.

Ok, well 'life' has led to the worst economic wealth inequality in our history.

I just need to accept that. I just need to invent a fugging chicken biscuit have a good plan to sell it and be a billionaire. That's a super simplified way of looking at it.

[Delhommey]

tampa bay buccaneers???

The Glazers have consistently had the lowest salary levels possible for the last few years, all while bankrupting Manchester United by taking personal loans of near criminally favorable terms in the name of the football club.

But other than that, yes.

[Rhys]

You getting carried away from wealthy people to corporate influence. I work for a privetly owned company, my CEO can buy a basketball team if he wants too. Trust me, he's not affecting any of the things you said above.

I'm not indicting every wealthy person out there. There a good people who are wealthy. Certainly not every CEO out there is influencing politics and legislation to benefit them.

[Ja Rhule]

Yea ok. Money is political influence. You have a lot of money you fund campaigns for politicians, you influence them to benefit your special interests, and you profit. That's life.

Ok, well 'life' has led to the worst economic wealth inequality in our history.

I just need to accept that. I just need to invent a fugging chicken biscuit have a good plan to sell it and be a billionaire. That's a super simplified way of looking at it.

My CEO started the company I working for in the basement 15 years ago. He had $1,000 in his bank account. Now his company worth billions.

[Rhys]

My CEO started the company I working for in the basement 15 years ago. He had $1,000 in his bank account. Now his company worth billions.

Congratulations, but if your CEO doesn't understand some resentment from people who don't even have a basement about others riding around in yachts while our country suffers through depression then you and I have reached an impasse.

[iamcline]

Team NFL here. Why can't they just split the 9 billion and lets move on?

[Ja Rhule]

Congratulations, but if your CEO doesn't understand some resentment from people who don't even have a basement about others riding around in yachts while our country suffers through depression then you and I have reached an impasse.

Is economy bad? Yes. Is economy terrible? No.

[Matt Moore]

That's life. It only depends if you can accept that fact or not. You don't need college degree to be a billionaire. All you need is idea and plan. Those people made it cause they achieved both.*

*with the exception of owners who inherited their company or team

[Ja Rhule]

*with the exception of owners who inherited their company or team

Yeap.

[Rhys]

Is economy bad? Yes. Is economy terrible? No.

Depends on how you judge it.

Unemployment is still high.

Wages are low while productivity is at it's highest it's been in years.

The top is still gaining economic ground. As in the wealthiest top percentage of people are, and have been without interruption, increasing their percentage of the country's wealth.

Anyways, it appears we're not going to get anywhere with this, as this is an internet forum and we seem to not agree, so I guess I'll go on believing what I believe and you'll do the same. Isn't that what usualy happens anyway?

I'll leave you with this.

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20press.pdf

Forward it to your boss. :)

[Jangler]

Rick Reilly is a good writer.

The NFL is like any other business. There are likely plenty of good people in league ownership, but it's no more immune from weaselly, selfish pricks than any other big business.

Yeah I like him. I just find it funny complaining about rich people and what they do and don't do with their money, when he works for a corporation that pays people minimum wage to wear a Mickey Mouse head.

[mountainpantherfan]

Greed - a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed

Greed is relative. To the amish greed can be as simple as owning a cell phone. To a starving child in Ethiopia it can someone who eats three meals a day. To a woman who can not bear children it can be a woman who has given birth 19 times. And to billionair NFL owners greed may look like players who want more and more.

In my opinion, everyone is talking about the greed of the owners and the greed of the players and that the fan are the ones who are realy the victims in all of this. Really? Because to me the "fans" are the ones who are greediest of them all. I don't feel one ounce of pitty for the collective unit of "fans". It's the fan's exessive desire for more and more and more that is IMO truely sickening.

You "fans" want to hate the owners or players for having so much money? Then stop buying the fuging tickets or watching the games, playing fantacy football, following the draft combine ect, ect, ect.

The fans created the monters that are known as owners, players and media.

Hate the owners if you want to. Just don't be so damn hypocritical that you don't realise your own greed is just as bad.