Jerry Jones not a fan of Revenue Sharing

The article is more centered on the Vikings and their struggle to get a new stadium, but in it, JJ says that revenue sharing is a horrible practice and should be stopped. Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't revenue sharing help keep small market teams like the Jags and Bills in business? JJ is quite the loud talker and he seems to carry a somewhat big stick. So it obviously concerns me that he wants to get rid of revenue sharing for the next CBA. Wouldn't this really hurt the Bills and other small market teams? And what is the liklihood that revenue sharing does actually stop? Thoughts?

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Jones needs some money to raise his uber-jumbotron. And rebuild his practice bubble. Seriously, who’s designing things for Jones, kids with crayons?

by Der Jaeger on Sep 5, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions

Funny thing is that the Jumbotron thing will be taken care of without JJ having to put a cent in it. U2 is playing a gig there in a week or so and the Jubotron is too low for their set-up so Bono is fronting the money to raise it. Leave it to Bono to try and fix everything in the world.

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by CanadianBillsFan on Sep 7, 2009 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Correct me if I am wrong but doesn’t revenue sharing help keep small market teams like the Jags and Bills in business?

Yes. Revenue sharing has been part of the pro football for 50 years because of Ralph Wilson. Of course a guy with a lot of personal money and a lot of team revenue who has to share it would say this but he would be cutting off his nose to spite his face. The NFL would lose popularity because 2/3 of the teams couldn’t be competitive without revenue sharing.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Sep 5, 2009 8:20 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Wow, how do I double-rec a comment?

It’s not surprising that the most profitable teams don’t want to share their money; no company ever got profitable by giving away revenue. But while franchises can be considered corporations, the situation is different in that the NFL’s profitability, and by extension, its franchise’s profitability, lies in its parity. That’s Tagliabue’s legacy.

by Mark Parisi on Sep 5, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Leave it to JJ to pro that he’s the greediest F’er in the NFL. Losing revenuye sharing would KILL not only the Bills and the Jags, but the Bengals, the Raiders, the 49’ers, and the Packers. And with the history that those last 3 share, theres no way that the NFL approves of something that can hurt those teams.

Captain of the "Promote Bob Sanders to Deffensive Coordinator" band wagon.

by CanadianBillsFan on Sep 7, 2009 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions