Goodell claims Union reports on profit are inaccurate

[Miller]

Goodell spoke on Friday and one of the topics ate the heart of the news conference was the impending CBA negotiations and disputing a report by the Union that claimed franchise values continue to skyrocket and that the the average profit by teams last season exceeded 24 million.

"There's a lot of fiction in that report," Goodell said at his annual state of the NFL news conference Friday.
On Thursday, a union-commissioned study showed the average value of franchises has grown from $288 million to $1.04 billion during the past decade, and that teams averaged a $24.7 million profit in the last year -- even as the economy took a turn for the worse.


Goodell disputed those figures and defended the owners' decision to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, which assures players about 60 percent of the applicable revenues.

"The $24 million in profits is completely inaccurate," Goodell said. "We understand our numbers. Ownership has spent a lot of time evaluating the current CBA and determined it is better to terminate that agreement and come up with a new one that will be beneficial to the clubs and players.
"I'm optimistic we will be able to sit down and reach an agreement with our players to allow the league to grow."

The battle lines are being drawn and as soon as a new head of the union is appointed, the long battle will begin. Where this will end I have no idea! But the league is successful in large part to the competitive balance that the salary cap provides. You remove that and it will be bad for the NFL. I'm hoping that common sense wins out and they don't screw up a good thing for all.

 

[Runnik's Hambones]

I'm behind Goodell. If he says the $24 million is inaccurate, I believe him. Then again, maybe I just really really want that to be true.

 

[Miller]

The NFL is starting to feel the economy crunch IMO, just see some of the layoffs in the league and the teams. At the same time, there is still plenty of money to go around here.....will be interesting to see what wins out, greed or common sense.

 

[Phicinfan]

Hey, silly question. As next year is uncapped. Is that also the end of the draft? I believe the draft is also a part of the CBA. So if that is over, then would that also go away?

 

[Mike]

Not sure on the draft issue.

As for the Salary Cap making the league popular? That is false. This league hit mainstream popularity long before there was a salary cap.

 

[Bayton]

With the salary cap goes the draft as well. Im pretty sure its the 2010 season/offseason that starts being uncapped. If the lack of CBA is anything long term, there goes your parity. As it stands now, teams also have to have their salary in a range, i.e there is a cap floor. So, without a cap floor teams can lower their salaries to any level without consequences. Everyone remembers what the 49er's did without a cap. Dynasties will be BACK and money grubbing owners can show their colors even more. :stooges:

As far as the gesticulations between the NFLpa and the owners, sometimes it's hard to believe that these teams could only be pocketing 24 million. If they are making less profit, then their margins are off a bit. Isn't the salary cap # based on 60 or 65% of the total nfl revenue? But, I also think player salaries are getting a little extreme (atleast the signing bonuses).