03-28-2017, 07:11 PM
(03-28-2017, 02:08 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: No doubt, it certainly helps a lot to insure a profit for owners. But a small market team with 360 million in revenue (including NFL sharing of revenue) and a cap spend of $150 million makes far less than a team like Dallas with 1 billion in revenue and the same cap spend of 150 million because Dallas can't spend more than the cap limits, just like the small market teams
So this biggest expense (payroll for players) is close to being even in spite of big markets having much more revenue. They created revenue sharing because small market teams could not afford to spend as much the big markets without help from the NFL. This would have created a situation of billionaires buying championships which was not good long term for any owner and the league.
Yep...and in the NFL it shows in the playoff stats. Something like 80% of the teams have won 5+ playoff games over the last 25 years.
So while it is easier to make the playoffs and win a game or two...generally the same teams have represented the AFC in the Super Bowl for the past 20 years. Steelers, Patriots, Colts, Ravens, Broncos, and Oakland (going back to 2001).
So parity gets you to the dance...good management gets you to the Championship.
