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Originally Posted by Skipaway
Green Bay and Indianapolis are both top 10 in merchandise sales in the NFL. Those are teams with a lot of fans. Colts is also top 10 in ticket prices.
They should be allowed to spend more than others due to their higher earning capability, instead of being limited to be like the Bills or the Browns.
Revenue sharing and salary cap basically limited the incentive for teams to invest to get better and attract fans.
Think in terms of those rich European football clubs. They invested big to buy stars and build up brand name. They tried very hard to expand global following. Then they get rewarded for good investments.
In NFL, teams like the Cowboys get punished for building up such a great brand, since they have to share revenue with everybody else. Why bother then? You don't make much less money by being a lazy owner.
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Why bother? For the love of the game.
To be part of something great. A competitive sport that is fun and fair across the board. Where the Green Bay Packers can still defeat the Dallas Cowboys machine for the good of the game as a whole. They'll still all be rich in the end. But are they just rich, or are they adding to something great...historic...respectable...