TheOak

I disagree with the premiss that taking a game that is already played and moving 1/2 of them to a network where non cable subscribers/NFLNetwork can watch them is overreaching, greedy, or will lead to the implosion of the NFL.

I have seen many comments here in these forums where people that do not get the NFLN can not watch the Saints Thursday night games. This is not the addition of games, it does not add another night of football, and whether you find the Thursday Night games on par with Monday Night games... You still watch everyone of them.

Cubans Tweets:
'If NFL viewing consumes the majority of Primetime viewing hours of TV spectrum,taxpayers will question subsidizing the NFL w free spectrum"

'If we wake up 1 morning to find 1 program dominating 5 nights of Primetime TV,non NFL fans will question why they pay for TV if its all NFL"

The NBA is what.. 7 Nights a week? Has he predicted its demise?
MLB .. same.. No implosion.

Cuban's tweets are illogical when applied to the model of the NBA or MLB. His speculation has no basis for validity. There are plenty of models that prove just the opposite.

No... He is not that bright. His motivation is that the NBA is not as popular as the NFL and his season starts in October which means that NFL Thursday Night games on a major network will eat into his revenues.

Come on gents... Read between the lines. Cuban is only calling it greed because it conflicts with his very own 7 night a week greed.


As far as the train of thought that NFL payroll will surpass revenues, it will not happen. The model is built that Salary Cap numbers are based on revenue, not the other way around. When revenue drops, so will the Salary Cap Allowance.