Bears and Broncos willing to open up the books.

[eViL jEsTeR]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/26/bears-will-open-books-if-needed/

This potentially implies that other teams may not be proud of their generation of revenue or their management of expenses.

And that’s potentially the truth.

[jtnc]

We'd be the last team to open ours.

[Highlandfire]

We'd be the last team to open ours.

Incorrect by a long shot. Dallas will never open theirs. NE, Washington would be right there with them. They don't want to because it would show small market owners they have TONS of extra money that could be disbursed in revenue sharing. Hell it might show they have been hiding money that should have been shared in the first place.

[FuzzyDuck13]

Boooo

[FDN]

this is a step in teh right direction

[Lumps]

Looks like honest businessman can prosper after all.

I don't see why JR should have a problem with it. Like said teams mentioned would...bigger markets. But there might be a few surprises.

[jtnc]

This is gonna cause uproar by the Fans, the fans are gonna be pissed at the Owners for not signing FA's and stadium improvements etc.........

[MadHatter]

Incorrect by a long shot. Dallas will never open theirs. NE, Washington would be right there with them. They don't want to because it would show small market owners they have TONS of extra money that could be disbursed in revenue sharing. Hell it might show they have been hiding money that should have been shared in the first place.

Spot on point.

Teams opening their books would have consequences in the league well beyond the CBA. It woudl drive a wedge between small market and big market teams.

[Anybodyhome]

Can you say, "MLB?"

And it's not so much what, how or where the teams are making money as much as it is the right of a privately owned entity to keep their books shut.

Unless I have a publicly owned company with a bunch of stockholders to keep happy and Wall Street has their rules, why should I open my books every time someone asks?

How about if everyone on the board agrees to show me all their personal bank records?

[Carolina Husker]

As they should.

[bleys]

Florio potentially knows what he's talking about 43% of the time... However, he is more reliable than Shefty and Mort.

[OneBadassCat]

Well of course the Bears would. Their executives have nothing to hide. All of their money went to Peppers.

[Mother Grabber]

Looks like honest businessman can prosper after all.

I don't see why JR should have a problem with it. Like said teams mentioned would...bigger markets. But there might be a few surprises.

Aren't the fudgepackers books public record? They have had a little success over the years.