Is fans in the stands ownerships biggest priority???

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(12-11-2020, 11:11 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: With revenue sharing, it doesn't matter a lot. The pandemic may have changed things too.

With Joe Burrow, I think people will go to these games no matter what. We may not be full, but attendance should be better than last year.

That said, the team did spend in free agency this offseason, so management did put some effort in this year. No denying that.

Revenue sharing is often misunderstood.

National revenue is shared across 32 teams and includes:

-TV deals
-NFL Merchandising:  Fanatics is the lead partner on this
-NFL Network, NFL.com, and NFL Sunday ticket
-Licensing deals:  "Official Sponsors of the NFL"
-Ticket Sales:  40% of Gross

Local Revenue, which goes to the team, consists of:

-Ticket sales 60% of gross
- Concession and Parking
-Corporate Sponsorships with the Team

So, although the largest % of their dollars is shared among 32 teams, when you get 1/32 of it compared to all of the local revenue you can see that ticket revenue, concessions/parking, and local corporate sponsorships are still a potentially very large chunk of change. 

Throw in that if the team sold the naming rights to the stadium that they would get 100% of that, yet they have chosen to stay with the name Paul Brown Stadium in honor of the team's founder, and you have a pretty significant deficit.