RobA - Increasing the cap is not the issue.....it is a by-product of the fundemental issues including revenue sharing among NFL teams, revenue sharing between players and the teams, what constitutes shareable revenue, etc. These are complex issues. And unfortunately, there are representatives on both sides who have no interest in reaching a win-win solution.
From nflpa.org NFLPA PRESS RELEASE MARCH 5, 2006 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gene Upshaw issued the following statement this evening: ?The talks ended today after the NFL gave us a proposal which provided a percentage of revenues for the players which would be less than they received over the last 12 years. After suggesting we extend the waiver deadline from six o?clock to ten this evening, they gave us a new proposal which was worse than their prior offer. Quite naturally, we rejected that proposal and saw no need to continue meeting.? ?Under our previous cap agreement, we got just less than 60 per cent of all of the revenues. The NFL now wants us to cut that percentage to less than 57 per cent. Given the enormous revenue growth the NFL is experiencing, I am not about to give back gains which we have made in the past. It is clear to me that we will do much better under our current CBA in 2006 and particularly in 2007, the uncapped year. ?I continue to believe that the problem lies with the high revenue clubs and the revenue sharing issue. Their refusal to share more revenues is making it worse for everybody-- players, owners, and fans.?
Got it, thanks for explaining that. Give them the time they need, I just hope they can strike a deal.
Yeah, well, our season tickets are going up - AGAIN. How's that for revenue?! Someone else's, not mine, damn it. Go ahead, tell me it has nothing to do with Fat Parcells. You just keep saying that out loud. I blame him for everything. The crisis in the Middle East, the erroneous finance charge on my credit card bill, the changes on the Candy Land board, the extinction of the Wooly Mammoth, I...what? Right. CBA Talks, SchmeBA Talks. Whatever gets you through the night.
