The Players Union and the NFL couldn't come to an agreement. Therefore, the players have been locked out. The real losers in this game is the fans. We watch, we spend money on tickets, merchandise, etc... And what do we get...locked out.
The NFL is a 9 billion dollar industry and they get all of their money from us...the fans. So how do we combat this. We the fans have the ultimate power. We have the choice to pay for tickets. We have the choice to buy merchandise.
Therefore, I propose we the fans lockout the NFL. Join me at:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/I-Lockout-the-NFL/119066261504871
Like the site and join me in getting rid of these absurd prices that we pay in order to be fans of an organization that we built.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Disenfranchised
The labor dispute has threatened my 2011 football season. Therefore, I came up with an ideal way of settling the dispute.
Now first of all, I do not know where every penny goes so please do not get too critical about this but I think this would be a great solution to this issue.
Currently, the NFL is a 9 billion dollar industry. The NFL collects its revenue mostly from Advertising, Licensing, and TV contracts. Ticketing and Concessions makes a lot of money. As for Licensing, every time a person buys a players jersey or if you watch an old NFL game on TV, the NFL collects. TV contracts is where the money is the greatest for the NFL. This is the bread and butter of the organization. All teams get the same cut from the TV Contracts.
Currently, the players receive about 3/4 of the total revenue of the NFL. This is set up by the players association. The Players Association meets with the NFL every 5 - 10 years and discusses finds ways to increase the players earnings.
In 2011, 4 billion dollars will go to the 32 teams for their TV Contracts. Let's just say that the NFL has to take a cut so the 32 teams receive 100 million dollars each. Each team must go down to 53 players each year. Every team offered the players a base salary of a million dollars per year. This is guaranteed money. If the player gets hurt, if he sits on the bench, if he sends naked pictures to a jets employee...it doesn't matter the player always gets their money. Each team would then be left with 47 million dollars. The 47 million would be broken into three parts; bonuses, Owner, and management of the organization. Lets say out of the 47 million dollars, 20 million dollars was set aside for bonuses. These bonuses would come in forms of Most Rushing Yardage, Most Receiving Yardage, Most Interceptions, Most Tackles, Most Sacks, etc... There could even be stipulation bonuses if starting QB throws 20 interceptions this year he will not receive the bonus. 20 million dollars would go to the Management of the team. Head coach would get 2 million, assistant coaches would receive a 1 million dollars, etc... The owner would then have to find a way to run his organization off of 7 million dollars for the year.
Now as for the Ticketing and Concessions, lets say team XYZ has a stadium that seats 60,000 fans. Tickets are 50 per person. Each team gets 8 home games...the way it works right now is that the home team receives 60 percent while the visitor receives 40 percent. Let's say that we make it 50 / 50. On a sold out game both teams would receive 1.5 million dollars. .5 should go to the owners / management while 1 million dollars should go back to the team. After a 16 week season, we are talking an additional 16 million dollars minus concessions. An additional 301,886 per player.
Licensing and Advertisement should be done in the same manner. If three people buy Charles Woodson jerseys, then the proceeds should go to the team to be spread amongst the players.
Where would this leave old Payton Manning. Payton Manning just signed a contract for 99 million for 7 years. Well, if he played soild for all seven years, and they structured his bonuses for 2 million per year, we would be looking at 23 million dollars for seven year minus concessions, advertisement and Licensing.
Sure this may not be perfect but it would be instrumental rejuvenating the NFL. No more Randy Mosses giving up, no more T.O. crying about the QB, no more stadiums not getting filled up because the players would start to care again. They would have to come to signings and show themselves in public so that the public wants to come see them perform. This is why the NFL has been disenfranchised.
Now first of all, I do not know where every penny goes so please do not get too critical about this but I think this would be a great solution to this issue.
Currently, the NFL is a 9 billion dollar industry. The NFL collects its revenue mostly from Advertising, Licensing, and TV contracts. Ticketing and Concessions makes a lot of money. As for Licensing, every time a person buys a players jersey or if you watch an old NFL game on TV, the NFL collects. TV contracts is where the money is the greatest for the NFL. This is the bread and butter of the organization. All teams get the same cut from the TV Contracts.
Currently, the players receive about 3/4 of the total revenue of the NFL. This is set up by the players association. The Players Association meets with the NFL every 5 - 10 years and discusses finds ways to increase the players earnings.
In 2011, 4 billion dollars will go to the 32 teams for their TV Contracts. Let's just say that the NFL has to take a cut so the 32 teams receive 100 million dollars each. Each team must go down to 53 players each year. Every team offered the players a base salary of a million dollars per year. This is guaranteed money. If the player gets hurt, if he sits on the bench, if he sends naked pictures to a jets employee...it doesn't matter the player always gets their money. Each team would then be left with 47 million dollars. The 47 million would be broken into three parts; bonuses, Owner, and management of the organization. Lets say out of the 47 million dollars, 20 million dollars was set aside for bonuses. These bonuses would come in forms of Most Rushing Yardage, Most Receiving Yardage, Most Interceptions, Most Tackles, Most Sacks, etc... There could even be stipulation bonuses if starting QB throws 20 interceptions this year he will not receive the bonus. 20 million dollars would go to the Management of the team. Head coach would get 2 million, assistant coaches would receive a 1 million dollars, etc... The owner would then have to find a way to run his organization off of 7 million dollars for the year.
Now as for the Ticketing and Concessions, lets say team XYZ has a stadium that seats 60,000 fans. Tickets are 50 per person. Each team gets 8 home games...the way it works right now is that the home team receives 60 percent while the visitor receives 40 percent. Let's say that we make it 50 / 50. On a sold out game both teams would receive 1.5 million dollars. .5 should go to the owners / management while 1 million dollars should go back to the team. After a 16 week season, we are talking an additional 16 million dollars minus concessions. An additional 301,886 per player.
Licensing and Advertisement should be done in the same manner. If three people buy Charles Woodson jerseys, then the proceeds should go to the team to be spread amongst the players.
Where would this leave old Payton Manning. Payton Manning just signed a contract for 99 million for 7 years. Well, if he played soild for all seven years, and they structured his bonuses for 2 million per year, we would be looking at 23 million dollars for seven year minus concessions, advertisement and Licensing.
Sure this may not be perfect but it would be instrumental rejuvenating the NFL. No more Randy Mosses giving up, no more T.O. crying about the QB, no more stadiums not getting filled up because the players would start to care again. They would have to come to signings and show themselves in public so that the public wants to come see them perform. This is why the NFL has been disenfranchised.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Bengals
The Bengals...this team was awful. I am appalled by the fact that the 2010 Bengals could even call themselves an NFL team. This team reminds me of the 2004 Oakland Raiders.
Let us dissect this team and see where the problem lies:
Offense
Carson Palmer - 3970 Yards, 26 Touchdowns, 20 Interceptions and 7 Fumbles.
Cedric Benson - 1111 Yards, 7 Touchdowns, 7 Fumbles
Ocho Cinco - 831 Yards, 4 Touchdowns, 1 Fumble
T. O. - 983 Yards, 9 Touchdowns
The Offensive line allowed for 26 sacks.
Defense
Really the only stand out player on the defense is Carlos Dunlap who recorded 10 sacks this year. The rest of the defensive squad was terrible.
Special Teams
Same...really poor.
Play Calling and General Coaching
Poor at best.
With this offense and with such an under average defense, this team should of been racking up the points. However, this team only scored 30+ points in 4 games. The rest of the time the team could barely get a first down. Why?
Poor coaching.
Here is my two cents and you can take it or leave it. Carson Palmer could definitely be a great quarterback again. His inconsistency in throwing interceptions is the biggest concern. This maybe because of the play calling or the average performance of the receivers. Keep these players. 1st player in the draft they need to recruit a great lineman. A Guard or Tackle that can apply consistently allow for Carson to make the plays. In the lower rounds, they need to draft a tight end, a receiver, and a two defensive players preferably both that could start immediately in LB and in the secondary. The entire defense needs to be reworked. They need to start at the draft and who ever they get they need to build around. Which mean making some great after draft choices at line men and secondary. The most pathetic part of the Bengals is that they don't even know what they have. They should of been a playoff contender.
This is all fine and dandy but the truth is that this team will continue to perform like this next year even if they take the steps that I just layed out for them. Why? Because the coaching is piss poor. They need to make sure that all of their players know that they are expendable. And that they can use a different guy in that position. They need to hold these players accountable for their actions. This is the greatest challenge for the Bengals. Unfortunately, we will have to wait and see if this coaching group will do just that.
Within the rumor mill is that Palmer won't come back. If the Bengals were smart...which is still up in the air...they need to make sure that Palmer comes back but knows that he could be second in the line up. Make sure when training camp starts that another younger QB is waiting in the locker room. He will change his tune once he sees that he can be replaced.
Let us dissect this team and see where the problem lies:
Offense
Carson Palmer - 3970 Yards, 26 Touchdowns, 20 Interceptions and 7 Fumbles.
Cedric Benson - 1111 Yards, 7 Touchdowns, 7 Fumbles
Ocho Cinco - 831 Yards, 4 Touchdowns, 1 Fumble
T. O. - 983 Yards, 9 Touchdowns
The Offensive line allowed for 26 sacks.
Defense
Really the only stand out player on the defense is Carlos Dunlap who recorded 10 sacks this year. The rest of the defensive squad was terrible.
Special Teams
Same...really poor.
Play Calling and General Coaching
Poor at best.
With this offense and with such an under average defense, this team should of been racking up the points. However, this team only scored 30+ points in 4 games. The rest of the time the team could barely get a first down. Why?
Poor coaching.
Here is my two cents and you can take it or leave it. Carson Palmer could definitely be a great quarterback again. His inconsistency in throwing interceptions is the biggest concern. This maybe because of the play calling or the average performance of the receivers. Keep these players. 1st player in the draft they need to recruit a great lineman. A Guard or Tackle that can apply consistently allow for Carson to make the plays. In the lower rounds, they need to draft a tight end, a receiver, and a two defensive players preferably both that could start immediately in LB and in the secondary. The entire defense needs to be reworked. They need to start at the draft and who ever they get they need to build around. Which mean making some great after draft choices at line men and secondary. The most pathetic part of the Bengals is that they don't even know what they have. They should of been a playoff contender.
This is all fine and dandy but the truth is that this team will continue to perform like this next year even if they take the steps that I just layed out for them. Why? Because the coaching is piss poor. They need to make sure that all of their players know that they are expendable. And that they can use a different guy in that position. They need to hold these players accountable for their actions. This is the greatest challenge for the Bengals. Unfortunately, we will have to wait and see if this coaching group will do just that.
Within the rumor mill is that Palmer won't come back. If the Bengals were smart...which is still up in the air...they need to make sure that Palmer comes back but knows that he could be second in the line up. Make sure when training camp starts that another younger QB is waiting in the locker room. He will change his tune once he sees that he can be replaced.
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