Revenue Sharing Coming To An End

by featherman on Dec 6, 2009 6:23 PM EST

and with it will end small market teams ability to compete.

I just a read a report on ESPN saying that revenue sharing is to end in March 2010. The NFL is soon going to be just like MLB. No more any given Sunday; the NFL will be a league of haves and have nots. I fear this season and maybe next season will be the last chance the Bengals have of being a winning team. No cap and no revenue sharing along with no minimum payroll is the death nell for any Brown Family owned team in Cincinnati. I fear we will all see that Mikey boy, being the astute lawyer/business man he is, has an out in the Hamilton county owned football stadium. Am I over reacting?

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idk man brown is always at the cap limit

CB85......Collaros for Heisman

by TennBengalfan on Dec 6, 2009 6:46 PM EST reply actions

the point is..

if revenue sharing ends he doesn’t get money just for being an owner in the NFL anymore.. Mike Brown basically will no longer receive child support and have to raise his team on his own.

by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on Dec 6, 2009 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

yes, and right now there is floor on spending. Brown must spend a minimum. (I think it's 93% of the cap) right now. When revenue sharing stops so does the floor on spending!

by featherman on Dec 6, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

oh god , no

I guess a winning record brings out freaks.

by supergrover on Dec 6, 2009 8:54 PM EST up reply actions

not for another 21 years

MB has a contract but he doesn’t have to spend and put a winning team on the field. Hamilton County dropped their lawsuit so he’s free to put back a losing team after this year.

by WHYUS!! on Dec 6, 2009 9:03 PM EST reply actions

FML

by Danimal, Destroyer of Worlds on Dec 6, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions

Mike Brown

is NOT always at the cap limit, actually. The Bengals have consistently left room for contingencies and then not used it.

by occams_tiger_teeth on Dec 6, 2009 9:20 PM EST reply actions

you are absolutely correct

by WHYUS!! on Dec 6, 2009 10:13 PM EST up reply actions

don’t expect the league to go too long without a cba, especially without one that includes revenue sharing. i’m pretty sure the owners realize they lose more than a little money if they allow any sort of stoppage.

i'm going to go america all over your ass!

by Raging Clue on Dec 7, 2009 1:32 AM EST reply actions

My fear

is that there will be a CBA but with no salary cap. There might (MIGHT!) be a revenue sharing plan reinstituted to help small market teams but with no cap large market teams (like Yankees in baseball) will have a distinct advantage. My belief is there will be a cap on the rookie pool but no cap on >3 or four year veterans. If there is revenue sharing it will be diminished.

by featherman on Dec 7, 2009 7:29 AM EST up reply actions

i really don’t think the owners are stupid enough to sign a new cba that doesn’t include a salary cap; they might go the nba route where one player doesn’t count against the cap, but there’s no way they’ll allow an agreement to be reached without a cap.

i'm going to go america all over your ass!

by Raging Clue on Dec 7, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions