In defense of the owners

[JeramiahCopperfield]

if Gas is $10 and a Loaf of Bread is $10, nobody will have money to spend on the NFL no matter how much they want too. Doesn't matter how popular the NFL currently is, Math would get in the way of wants.

Debt.

[Rhys]

simple answer: the Owners own, its their Private Property and shouldn't be coerced away by those who are employees to take more than they are worth in the market. Players have no equity in the NFL, yet are trying to(in some cases are) the highest paid people from the NFL.

The Owners take ALL THE RISK, the Players take NONE of the Business/Economic risk, say we are really going into High Inflationary(see latest gas and food prices) and another Great Depression(they are possible historically you know). And the Owners sign on to a bad deal then the Depression hits, Gas/Food and lack of jobs mean people are forced to stop buying the NFL Product, Revenues plummet....yet the Owners are locked into a bad deal and Forced to Pay out huge amounts of money to the Players anyway because they would have to honor the contracts(which players often times don't themselves). Recipe to go bankruptcy.

How many times has this exact thing been posted. Owners take 'all' the risk so they deserve everything. What a moronic notion. PLEASE read this article, seriously, please.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110304

[Davidson Deac II]

if Gas is $10 and a Loaf of Bread is $10, nobody will have money to spend on the NFL no matter how much they want too. Doesn't matter how popular the NFL currently is, Math would get in the way of wants.

I would make my own bread, work from home, and take the train to stadium. :)

[twylyght]

How many times has this exact thing been posted. Owners take 'all' the risk so they deserve everything. What a moronic notion. PLEASE read this article, seriously, please.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110304

If you are taking this article as gospel, then you clearly believe in editorialism as opposed to journalism.

Riddle me this Batman... if the NFL is doing so completely gangbusters, then why did the Green Bay Packers only net $9 million the previous year?

Since we're in the mode of "if it's on the interweb it MUST be true" stint, take a read of this one:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-14/green-bay-packers-net-income-rises-30-in-annual-report-amid-labor-talks.html

[PrimeTyme]

Trickle down doesn't just mean that people with more money spend it on those who don't- it's a system where someone who was poor last year can be in that top 1% you whine about this year. They can do it by working hard, investing, inventing something, or yes, just getting lucky. The system you strive for where money is forcefully taken to try create fairness just results is mass mediocrity. Give me the occasional abuses of a hedge fund guy making $4billion over all of us having $45,000 and fighting over bread and milk any day.

Trickle Down does not create the system that makes someone poor rich.. Capitalism does.. Trickle Down by definition must start at the top in order to.. wait for it... trickle DOWN... learn basic economics before you try to correct someone on it

your logic is flawed.. either billionaires get more billions or we all get 45,000 and fight over bread and milk? your arguments swings wildly from extremes and still fails to make any real point

[PrimeTyme]

simple answer: the Owners own, its their Private Property and shouldn't be coerced away by those who are employees to take more than they are worth in the market. Players have no equity in the NFL, yet are trying to(in some cases are) the highest paid people from the NFL.

indeed the answer is simple: get from your employer what they are willing to pay

so many people are noble when it comes to other people's lives/money, tell me Sir.. when is the last time you asked your employer to pay you less? its only fair since your employer is the owner right? I dont know you, but I venture to say you have NEVER asked for a pay cut

I can see it now.. Noble Jpniner enters his employers office and says, "Sir, there may be a recession or depression in the future and I think I should get paid less JUST in case that happens"

your logic is hilarious

[chef17]

indeed the answer is simple: get from your employer what they are willing to pay

so many people are noble when it comes to other people's lives/money, tell me Sir.. when is the last time you asked your employer to pay you less? its only fair since your employer is the owner? I dont know you, but I venture to say you have NEVER asked for a pay cut

This. Just give the players smaller contracts. If your willing to give players a million per game, they will take it. If you don't wanna pay that much then don't.

[Matt Moore]

Once again, subtlety is not your forte... next time I will write it out this way for you:

Me dun pickin on weetahds fo dee naht

yeah you and JR only act like slobbering morons in public just to throw everyone off :lol: