Football Should NFL owners get paid by the win?

**Rain Man** · 09-01-2014, 05:07 PM

We've heard more talk recently about whether teams should - or do - intentionally tank seasons now to get a top draft pick. While it's for the most part stupid and crazy talk by people who don't know the difference between life and video games, the incentive does exist, and we do know that the Colts did it a couple of years ago since there were over 150,000 options better than Curtis Painter.

I don't know exactly what the profit level is for a typical NFL tam, but if you set aside a pool of TV money and gave teams a set amount per win at the end of the year, enough to make a difference in their bottom line, would it encourage owners to put the best team on the field every year?

I don't know if that number is $100,000 per win or $500,000 or $1 million. You'd want to make it enough that it would make the owner's silicone-heavy trophy wife squeal in glee after each win, but not so much that it puts a losing team in huge financial jeopardy. You'd want it to be enough that an owner would prefer an eight-win season over a two-win season if he can control it, so that fans get the best product during their TV-viewing experience.*

Or now that I think about it, maybe it's not a bad idea to make the owner of a perennial loser start taking a bath every year so he'd sell the team.

* - Because no one can afford to go to the games in person any more since the owners are maximizing revenue regardless of how bad their team plays.

View Poll Results: Should owners get more money for producing more wins?
Yes, and it should be significant. Reward winning and burn the losers out.	9	27.27%
Yes, but it should be a token for pride purposes. Money doesn't matter to these guys.	5	15.15%
No. It's not necessary. These guys all want to put the best product on the field.	9	27.27%
No. I think that tanking a season is a good thing and more teams should do it.	1	3.03%
I am opinionless on this. I looked in my opinion bag and it's empty.	2	6.06%
I don't think the NFL should keep track of wins and losses. It's all about participation.	7	21.21%
Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll

09-01-2014, 05:07 PM	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3298491 VARSITY	Should NFL owners get paid by the win? We've heard more talk recently about whether teams should - or do - intentionally tank seasons now to get a top draft pick. While it's for the most part stupid and crazy talk by people who don't know the difference between life and video games, the incentive does exist, and we do know that the Colts did it a couple of years ago since there were over 150,000 options better than Curtis Painter. I don't know exactly what the profit level is for a typical NFL tam, but if you set aside a pool of TV money and gave teams a set amount per win at the end of the year, enough to make a difference in their bottom line, would it encourage owners to put the best team on the field every year? I don't know if that number is $100,000 per win or $500,000 or $1 million. You'd want to make it enough that it would make the owner's silicone-heavy trophy wife squeal in glee after each win, but not so much that it puts a losing team in huge financial jeopardy. You'd want it to be enough that an owner would prefer an eight-win season over a two-win season if he can control it, so that fans get the best product during their TV-viewing experience.* Or now that I think about it, maybe it's not a bad idea to make the owner of a perennial loser start taking a bath every year so he'd sell the team. * - Because no one can afford to go to the games in person any more since the owners are maximizing revenue regardless of how bad their team plays.
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