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The real issue is profit sharing...there is less incentive for small market teams...or small cities without "star power" to do well. It costs every owner money if Detroit or KC does well in the play-offs.
Cleveland gets the same amount at Dallas...Owners arent going to fire themselves for a poor product. They are making $220+ million just in advertising/TV a year even if they go 1-15.
They are paying Goodell over $100,000 a day...and it sure as shit isn't for putting a fair product on the field...it about finding new avenues to extract profit. If that means only star-named, marketable QB's go the the SB...so be it. Everyone enjoy all the extras commercials this year? NFL knows it made the viewing experience suck...but they didn't care. Small no-name teams in the SB wont build their "brand" internationally.
Goodell vowed to increase profit by 150% over the next 10 years...to 25 billion annually. KC/Detroit SB wont get them there...this is more McDonalds that sport. It's about having the most consumers possible...quality is secondary.
Last edited by BlackOp; 01-17-2017 at 10:16 PM..
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