excellent little article

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znhater wrote:

Uh no. Rams fans didn’t like Schotty, this guy is worse imo. The niners offense bailed at the end of the season. He does fit fishers plodding offense though sigh.

Well if nuthin else, maybe they can pick his evil 49er-brain.

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TSRF wrote:

The only upset I see happening is the Ravens (OK, that’s the one I’m HOPING for…).

I wish the Panthers had a chance, but you know, I don’t like them much either.

I really want to see the Cowboys get their asses kicked.

Don’t care one way or the other about the Denver game.

Well, it would be nice to see Dallas
lose the game because of a blown call.
I would enjoy their misfortune, immensely.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/schadenfreude
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NERam wrote:

LOL, while you guys are engaged in scintillating conversations regarding the Rams move/non-move, there’s a whole ‘nother football world taking place out there…

Well all States have competency requirements
for Jurors. In other words you cant be
batshit-crazy and serve on a Jury.
Ipso Facto, saying “Go Pats” is a
sign of mental illness or possibly even
moral turpitude.

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bnw wrote:

The lack of luxury box revenue was the most intractable complaint Bidwill had with Busch II.

revenue sharing is an inter esting subject
http://quizlet.com/5266226/revenue-sharing-and-competitive-balance-flash-cards/
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I didnt realize the NBA was worse even than MLB
as far as competitive balance and parity…

http://misixanalytics.blogspot.com/2011/08/revenue-sharing-in-sports-analysis-of.html

With regard to the new CBA in the NFL, the owners will continue to share 70-80 percent of revenues from media deals, national sponsorships and merchandise sales, which amounts to the majority of the overall revenues because the NFL’s national TV deals are worth billions of dollars. For local revenues, 60 percent of ticket sales go to the home team and the remaining 40 percent goes to the revenue pool. In the new deal, a 10 percent local revenue tax on organizations considered to be large market teams has been added. The NFL has yet to sort out how they will determine whether or not a team is considered large market. The addition of the tax was a response to the increasing gap in retained team revenues (i.e. those not added to the revenue pool such as luxury box sales).

Because the main goal of revenue-sharing is to promote competitive balance, it’s important to be able to quantify it. One way to compare and measure competitive balance is looking across seasons within a league. In this context, competitive balance suggests that each team has an equal opportunity to win a reasonable number of games any given season. A way to quantify this measure is referred to as team-specific variation, or turnover ratio. It considers the change in relative positions of the teams in the standings each year by measuring the variation in win percentages (note: the statistic adjusts for the amount of games played in each league). For comparisons sake, the smaller the ratio, the more competitively balanced the league. The following chart illustrates the changes over time of this ratio for the three leagues and provides the concurrent revenue trends. The vertical axis on the left demonstrates the trend in the revenues by league over time, and the one on the right documents the competitive balance ratio.

From the chart, the NFL appears to be the most competitively balanced. MLB isn’t all that far behind, and the NBA is clearly the worst across seasons. The revenue pattern mirrors that of the competitive balance ratio: NFL highest, MLB next and NBA lowest. While the issue of cause and effect between revenue-sharing and competitive balance has been widely debated, it is hard to deny that some sort of relationship seems to exist. Empirical evidence by distinguished sports economist John Vrooman of Vanderbilt University supports this notion. Here’s a link to one of Vrooman’s studies conducted on the topic.

In all, the competitive balance ratios of the three major sports leagues seem to reflect the revenue-sharing structures of each league respectively. The NBA is noted as having the league with the lowest level of competitive balance across seasons. This can be partially attributed to a failure to share the bulk of total revenues in the form of ticket gate receipts and local broadcast deals. For example, the Los Angeles Lakers get to keep most of their $1.9 million in ticket sales, as well as 100 percent of the $3 billion local TV deal that they signed with Time Warner Cable. Further, the MLB is shown to be a close second to the NFL with regard to competitive balance, which can be characterized by a slightly lower percentage of shared revenues, a lenient luxury tax and a relatively lower salary floor. Lastly, with the highest amount of shared revenue, most significant payroll floor and the strictest salary cap, the NFL’s revenue-sharing structure is likely the cause of its competitive balance. In the end, the amount of revenues shared and brought in by each league would support the notion that more competitive balance translates into greater financial success.

* All revenue data in this post was taken from rodneyfort.com.

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SunTzu_vs_Camus wrote:

As for the leverage angle, certainly it’s possible…but it would be the weakest of plays to get a few hundred million in value for the Rams…when moving them will instantly TRIPLE the value –

But the Rules say,
an owner cant move just to make more money.
So…there’s that. In the ‘Rules’.
Fwiw.

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The money can be huge. While the number of suites varies — the new Yankee Stadium has 68 while Dallas Cowboys Stadium has 300 — any given suite can sell from $224,000 to more than $900,000 per year.

Demand is high, even if the suite — or stadium — has yet to be built. The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers want to build a new facility, and even though the project is still being planned, the team says it’s already sold $138 million in luxury suites…
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…itz not just ‘owners’ that can be socio-pathic.
“Systems” can be socio-pathic,
too. Just my o-pin-yun.

Anyway, that is a shitload of money — a hundred thirty-eight million for “luxury suites.”
Dang.

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bnw wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>zn wrote:</div>
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If it was not for Wilson’s ability to evade the pass rush the Seattle O line could possibly be ranked in the 30s. Mediocre is being generous.

Well, count me as a skeptic of the
“Seattle has a Mediocre OLine Theory”

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Zooey wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bnw wrote:</div>
Why can’t the NFL sue Kroenke for not abiding by its own rules? Why can’t NFL owners refuse to play against Kroenke’s team? Wouldn’t take much before Kroenke would have to cave since these projects are always financed on a shoestring and missing substantial revenue at the beginning is usually terminal.

They can.

But they aren’t guaranteed a victory in that lawsuit.

But beyond that…why sue? What would the real motive of the lawsuit be? The NFL says it wants a team in LA, maybe two, and I think they are probably speaking the truth there. Not because an LA team will make the league appreciably richer. But because it’s LA. It’s a good place to have a team. 2nd biggest market; you want that community invested in the NFL. Great place for Super Bowls. It’s LA.

The problem has been that since the mid-80s, people have been trying to build a new stadium there, and 30 years later, there’s still no stadium. There are a couple of projects that are waiting at the stop light…but they aren’t advancing because those guys want to buy a team before they build a stadium. And nobody is selling a team. So…they sit there waiting.

Meanwhile Kroenke has a plan, has the financial backing, and will undoubtedly clear the legal hurdles to build his site. It’s a damn sexy-looking plan, and LA likes sexy. And, frankly, the NFL likes sexy.

So their gonna sue Kroenke to stop him because….they don’t like him personally? Or the way he entered business without kissing their rings first? Yeah, that’s an emotional reaction, and billionaires get over their emotions when they study the balance sheets. The only reason to oppose him is because an owner wants LA himself. But that just isn’t going to be enough to stop him.

I think Mackeyser is right. If it comes down to litigation or relocation fees, the NFL will take the fees.

Someone needs to write a book
about this whole move-to-StLouis/move-to-LA
thing.
Or at least an article in the Atlantic
or New Yorker or Field and Stream
or somethin.

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I think the Ganis audio belongs
in the LA thread, probly.
I dunno. Who am i to say.

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Kurt said he’d be disappointed if the Rams moved;
it would put the St.Louis players in a kind of limbo.
He’d feel a bit like a player without a home:
“I’m always gonna be connected to the St.Louis Rams
and what does that mean if a team picks up and goes
somewhere else…ya kindof feel like a former player without a home…”

Of course this is exactly how Youngblood
a lot of former Los Angeles Ram players
felt when Georgia took the team away
from LA. So, round and round it goes…

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nittany ram wrote:

@SandoESPN: Timing of #Rams’ OC opening and Kyle Shanahan’s mutual parting from Cleveland is convenient, but we shall see.

Interesting. Fisher is good friends with the Shanahans.

Does Kyle use the same system
that BS does?

Itz always the same names that
get reshuffled. It annoys me
for some reason. I’d just as soon
Fisher hire from within.

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zn wrote:

Well we don’t have to speculate. We can look at what he said (later). And my point really is that the socio-pathic Kroenke is completely capable of telling Fisher no, we will not move AND hiring him precisely because he’s experienced with moves.

That’s my read on SK anyway. He is that single-minded and just jerks everyone around in relation to his single-mindedness.

And what is he single-minded about? Being in california? No. Maximizing value and winning entrepeneurial contests. It’s nothing more than that.

Hey if you dont Like
Billionaire-Sociopaths,
YOU can just start
following North Korean Badminton.

Btw, if this LA/StLouis thing takes months
to unfold — this thread is gonna get awfully
Long.

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