To Draft or Not To Draft......

[Nconroe]

The NFL is so successful right now, they really need to get this deal done and avoid the lockout.

[NBT]

So nc, you would have the guaranteed rookie contracts continue unabated? And as an NFL owner, you are already guaranteeing 60% of the money to the players? At that rate you won't stay in business very long. And therein lies the problem.

[Nconroe]

Happy New Year, in October looks like I suggested they ought to get new CBA done before it expires pretty shortly, avoid lockout, have a regular offseason schedule, but did not suggest continue existing CBA, atleast that is what I think I meant to say, maybe. Not sure if we will hear many details on discussion, when. It is going slower than I had hoped.

on those two topics -

on rookie salaries,expecially first round picks, and first 10 picks really, it seems almost everyone including owners and players think this needs to be fixed, so, expect it will.

on salary distribution, hopefully you realize statistics are just numbers. hard to feel sorry for either side on this money they make part, right. Owners are not hurting right now are they, most are billionaires. if they hurt, they can sell to another billionaire who is happily waiting to buy.

Me personally, if you said I only got 10% of my annual billion dollars instead of 40% of my annual billion, I'd be ok. but of course, if you said I get 10% of one million I would not be so happy. Current TV deals makes the money real funny.

And depends on what your other expenses are and if they are fixed or float based on total income and if talking gross or net, and when you calculate effects answer you get. I'll let those guys dig in the books pretty deep to be fair with percent they end up at.

I think on the salary distribution, guaranteed salary to contracts, ie. making it a little harder to cut someone after one day of a long contract and pay very little might be a bigger contract issue, something not maybe as extreme as NBA but something a little more fair for players.

[NBT]

The Combine will be here shortly, and right after that, sometime after March 4th., the owners supposedly, are going to lockout the players. Wait a minute, both sides agreed to a 3rd party, non binding, arbitrator. For whatever good that will do, if it is non binding. The smaller market owners say they aren't making any money with the 60-40 split the way it is now. Pretty hard to believe. The players like the way it is now, and why should they give anything back? Nobody will suffer from all this except the fans.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by NBT

The Combine will be here shortly, and right after that, sometime after March 4th., the owners supposedly, are going to lockout the players. Wait a minute, both sides agreed to a 3rd party, non binding, arbitrator. For whatever good that will do, if it is non binding. The smaller market owners say they aren't making any money with the 60-40 split the way it is now. Pretty hard to believe. The players like the way it is now, and why should they give anything back? Nobody will suffer from all this except the fans.

The player have offered a 50/50 split, down from the current 60/40, the owners walked out of the room, end of talks. So the players have moved in their demands.

The owner have an issue of owners not agreeing with each other, the have and have not's.

[edo783]

The owners are also asking for an additional 1 billion off the top of the 9 billion total. Currently they get 1 billion off the top before the split and now want 2 billion.

[NBT]

Originally Posted by painekiller

The player have offered a 50/50 split, down from the current 60/40, the owners walked out of the room, end of talks. So the players have moved in their demands.

The owner have an issue of owners not agreeing with each other, the have and have not's.

It's hard to think of any rich billionaire NFL owner as being a "have not".

And how about those unearned guaranteed rookie contract bonuses?

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by NBT

It's hard to think of any rich billionaire NFL owner as being a "have not".

And how about those unearned guaranteed rookie contract bonuses?

Not all team owners are billionaires. Just saying...