Collusion-Gate: The Secret Texts and Testimony of NFL Owners and Superstar QBs, Revealed

AsylumGuido · 07-07-2025, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

Legally, the problem is that it is not one company with legitimate outside competitors, it is 32 separate companies that work together to reduce outside competition. That is like if Walmart, Target, Kohls, Home Depot, Lowes, Dollar General, Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Dollar Tree, etc all got together and discussed the importance of none offering sick leave. They are supposed to compete, in theory, and in return for the degree to which they don't (like the salary cap) it is supposed to be negotiated with the players.

But alas, as a fan, guaranteed contracts are not my problem. The salary cap is my problem, because without it, the Super Bowl is LA vs NY most years, or other big markets, and we are the Drays or something.

The salary cap isn't your problem at all, Bako. Your problem is that you think it is your problem. It is what it is. To obsess over it as a fan is meaningless and to a degree unhealthy. To compulsively obsess over the cap and the person responsible is likely a disorder. It sounds like a version of OCD to me.

07-07-2025, 03:49 PM	#21
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,766	Re: Collusion-Gate: The Secret Texts and Testimony of NFL Owners and Superstar QBs, Revealed Originally Posted by BakoSaint Legally, the problem is that it is not one company with legitimate outside competitors, it is 32 separate companies that work together to reduce outside competition. That is like if Walmart, Target, Kohls, Home Depot, Lowes, Dollar General, Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Dollar Tree, etc all got together and discussed the importance of none offering sick leave. They are supposed to compete, in theory, and in return for the degree to which they don't (like the salary cap) it is supposed to be negotiated with the players. But alas, as a fan, guaranteed contracts are not my problem. The salary cap is my problem, because without it, the Super Bowl is LA vs NY most years, or other big markets, and we are the Drays or something. The salary cap isn't your problem at all, Bako. Your problem is that you think it is your problem. It is what it is. To obsess over it as a fan is meaningless and to a degree unhealthy. To compulsively obsess over the cap and the person responsible is likely a disorder. It sounds like a version of OCD to me.