NFLPA is prepared to sign an extension of the CBA today

Problem is, it's doubtful the owners will budge.

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Problem is, it's doubtful the owners will budge.

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Let's hope. Uncapped free agency isn't nearly the $ free for all that the players thought it would be. Long term, the cap will be pretty important to the Saints), but let's hope this happens next year.

If (and it's a big if at this point) this turns out to be the turning point in negotiations, surely there will be some relief to teams who have already issued tenders to affected FA's.

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It sounds like they are just trying to make the owners look bad

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they are

this fight is owner vs owner

the players are peons in the battle

The players union has been willing to sign an extension for months now.

This is nothing new. Just posturing in the media.

I blame them. If I miss a season of NFL and one of the few 6-7 years left of the best Saints QB ever bc the owners got greedy then frick them

isnt a lot fo the owners bark coming from jerry jones. i remember seeing him on some interview bitching about the revenue sharing and shite. correct me if im wrong but w/o revenue sharing many teams will go bankrupt? at least thats what i thought i heard

Some of the more prominent owners like him with the big mouths and greedy pockets. Dude just wants to fatten his pockets to make up for that ridiculous arse money pit he just finished constructing.

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That's not what this fella is saying:

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Who is that guy? Not sarcastic at all, I tried to google his name and came up empty. I assume he is a VIP of some kind probably from the league office. Just never heard of him.

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I think they all are just pissed about the salary cap ceiling going up from $93m in 2005 to $127m last year and they want the players to scale back a bit.

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True and many owners silently blame Tags for this issue.

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ut I've heard the owner typical owner profits are estimated to be in the $25m a year range.

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Depends on what you mean by typical. Small market , public owned Green Bay reported a profit of 20 million last year. The NFL refuses to open their books though, even to the NFLPA, so hard to really get an idea what the "typical" owner makes.

Remember though even with the cap at $120+ million the Packers made 20 million in PROFIT. Thats a lot of money.

[quote] With the going rate of a franchise being in the $1B range, and cities looking to get away from paying for stadium there's limited reason to get into the business aside from having a badass toy./quote]

How many teams own their stadiums like the Redskins and Cowboys(the highest valued teams) or have sweet deals in place with their states?

As for limited reasons, NFL owners don't buy their team for short term gain. Owning an NFL team is a long term process.

Also, since the estimated value of teams is around $1 billion, and has risen consistently for almost all teams every year, once you buy a team you can almost assuredly sell it for more than you paid for it. That is not including any profits an owner may make in between.

I understand the owners desire to lower the players piece of the pie, (and maybe it should be lower) but NFL owners pleading poverty is not understandable IMO.