I heard this on Sirius NFL this morning and am going to give the jist. They were talking to K- Jay Feeley from Miami.
It was suggested that one of the other reason the owners opted out, besides salaries being 60% of total revenue, was the revenue sharing between the teams. I dont know a whole lot about that issue, but given the business mindset on the owners side it does sound reasonable.
Feeley also said that he believes 90% of the players are for a rookie salary cap.
Upshaw was quoted as saying that rookies are not part of the NFL Players Union until after their contract is signed and it makes it harder to impose caps on their salaries. Which is a big bag of crap to me, wonder why some people dont want him in that position any more.
I really think this is a good thing. What the players are going to have to come to term with is benefits. They cannot sit there and boo hoo about not getting paid enough millions a year and then bitch about the lack of retirement benefits. They will have to come to terms that 60% of total revenue for thier salaries is not going to cut it, and come to term with the fact that they will need to redistribute some of that money to benefits instead of pure salary.
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