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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% | |
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09-01-2014, 05:07 PM | Topic Starter |
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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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The PGA Tour has always had the best salary structure, but it doesn't easily lend itself to team sports.
That said, I still think that owners should get pro-rated shares of TV money based upon RS W-L records and playoff success. You want to do everything possible to make sure that people like Al Davis or the Hunt family never own NFL teams. There's no financial incentive to build anything worthwhile for the fans, which is asinine for an entertainment product you have to pay to attend.
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No. Mainly because I'm a big Shao Kahn fan and I want him to get paid regardless of how shitty Jacksonville is. I'm not actually a big fan, I just like his mustache.
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the TV money idea is actually pretty good...
I'd love to see that happen. |
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but that would create a lower level of teams, once you start winning you have more money to keep buying more players
or is the salary cap still same and covered by Tv revenue and this is just extra money in owners pockets?
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If the Chiefs were any other business they would have shuttered their doors thirty years ago. The owners should not be guaranteed eight figure profits each year just because they happen to own an NFL team. Produce a competitive product or get ****ed. Happens with movie studios, video game developers, TV networks, publishers, etc.
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The Chiefs aren't a business. The NFL is a business. It is ridiculously successful and rakes in a shit load of cash. |
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I would be willing to bet the owner disagrees with you.
I would be willing to bet the GM on down the line disagree with you... It seems more likely to say that they are both businesses....The Chiefs are more like a "franchise" or independently operated branch or something.... The chiefs are in business to sell tickets / parking and beer, hotdogs and sodas...and make money.... The owner should make as much money as he can, and pay people according to their performance... Maybe have the GM rake in a bonus for wins, who knows....but I think the owner already knows his business will lessen of the product is bad. Look at the Chiefs..."operation sell tickets" is happening right here, right now.
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I think it would cause a lot of problems between teams to try and move the league forward. Teams with a franchise QB would be pushing for more rules to benefit offenses, for example. It's already happening, and adding money to the issue would just make it stronger.
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