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Originally Posted by 007

Clark isn't getting any of that markup. The seller is.

Found this info out. Really interesting.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbad.../#13cf37875124

The NFL's socialist model continues in the playoffs. Playoff home teams in baseball, basketball and hockey keep anywhere from 50% to 100% of ticket revenues, depending on the sport and the number of games in the series. In football, all gate receipts flow to the league. The New England Patriots generate more than $10 million in gate receipts for each home game, but don't see a dime of that. Teams get a stipend to cover expenses for each NFL game. Teams also receive money from the NFL to pay players for their participation in the playoffs (contracts only run through the regular season). Each player on last year's Super Bowl winner, the New York Giants, received a total of $172,000 for four playoff games.

The home team in the NFL playoffs does get to keep revenues from things like concessions and parking at the stadium. A team like the Patriots can net more than $2 million from concessions and parking for a playoff game, but the NFC's top seeded Atlanta Falcons will receive less than $500,000 under the terms of their stadium lease. The number of playoff games also differentiates the NFL from other sports. Baseball played 37 playoff games last year, while the NBA and NHL had 84 and 86 respectively. The NFL will play only 11 games this year.

NFL teams, as in other sports, can get a payoff in future years from a big playoff run when they are able to charge higher prices for tickets, suites and sponsorships. The biggest benefactors are teams moving into new stadiums, which my colleague, Mike Ozanian, wrote about this week. He cites the Falcons, Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers as potentially this year's big money winners with new stadiums on tap.