Heard on Mike and Mike this morning the players and owners of the NFL

[rem101]

are stuck at a difference of $7 billion over ten years. Is this number as big as it seems to be? Maybe $7 billion isn't much money to them. Seems to me they have a long way to go, but maybe I'm wrong.

Sorry if mentioned before, didn't see it on the first couple of pages.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

7 billion / 10 years = 700 million a year<div>700 million/year / 32 teams = 22 million per team per year</div><div>22 million/team/year / 55 players/team = $400k per year per player</div><div>
</div><div>Yeah, there are guys who make millions a year and this is not a huge number, but if you're only making league minimum, an extra $400k is huge.</div>

 

[patdog]

but if you're only making league minimum, an extra $400k is huge.

Except that if you're only making league minimum, youwouldn't get an extra $400K. You'd be lucky to get $40K.Just like the salaries are now, most of the money would go to the top players.

 

[Foronce]

players and owners in the NFL are close. They are working on some percentage from 60% to getting everyone to agree on 48% without the 1billion cut off the top.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Well, the median salary of an NFL player is about 790k (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2010-03-09-nfl-salaries-story_N.htm). Yeah, a huge chunk will go to the top players, but there's something in it for everyone all the way down. Even if you give all but 5 million of that 22 million dollars to the top 5 players on the team, you still end up with an extra $100k a year for the other 50 players. Not chump change, even if you're making 790k or twice that.