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Thursday, March 09, 2006
NFL to continue as best American professional sports league
The NFL has agreed to extend its collective bargaining agreement by six years, avoiding both a labor stoppage and potentially chaotic salary-capless season. Viking fans have to remember this: you'll never win anything without a little help from the Packers:
Exact details of the revenue-sharing plan were unavailable, but high-revenue teams like the Packers, Washington, New England, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Dallas will have to chip in to support low revenue teams like Cincinnati, Arizona, Minnesota and Buffalo. They will only have to contribute a percentage of their so-called "local revenues" and not the entire bounty.
And, of course, Culpepper wants out. Good luck with that.
Yes, I know, the Packers wouldn't even exist without the help of George Halas. Packers paid the Bears back with two solid decades of losing. Minnesota is welcome to do the same.
3 Comments:
Amen to the NFL's continued dominance. The NFL's hard salary cap (as opposed to the NBA's soft cap and MLB's nothing cap) and lack of guaranteed contracts (NBA has locked-in money, and I think MLB does as well) are two big factors in its success. No team can outspend another for talent, and players must compete for their jobs or they will be cut. Revenue sharing prevents less profitable teams (like the Queens) from being left behind, like baseball's small market players (e.g. the Brewers).
Unfortunately, none of this matters because the Steelers will be winning the next few Super Bowls. You other teams have fun playing, though.
Culpepper is picking a great time to go off the reservation. His knee injury doesn't make him all that desirable to other teams. If I remember correctly, his Vikings contract is very favorable. I doubt that, if released, he will get a better deal elsewhere on that questionable wheel.
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12:48 PM
IIRC, all major league contracts are guaranteed. If you sign for 3 years, $9 million, you are paid $9 over 3 years even if you are released. I don't know that there's even an exception for death.
BTW, D, I remember feeling that same way about a different NFL team just about 10 years ago. Didn't quite work out the way I thought.
you'll never win anything without a little help from the Packers
And, it seems, Washington as well. D would do well to not forget them either as next year´s road to the Super Bowl goes thru Washington. Unless the teams drive or fly into BWI in which case it just goes thru Maryland.
