New Orleans Devil Rays or Yankees

LKelley67 · 04-29-2005, 10:35 AM

Another thread prompted me to this question...
In 2007, the last year of the current CBA there is NO salary cap. It is a pressure cooker of an issue. There is growing desparity between the large and small market teams in local revenue. Obviously, the high income Cowboys do not like giving a lot more to a common pool than the Bengals. players are wanting a larger slice of the pie every year. I believe the will find resolution, knowing what a good thing they have going together. It is tricky though. Beisbol players average 2.6mil for 2005. NFL players average 1.25mil and do not have anywhere near the guarantees in contracts like mlb. The average NFL player career now is only 3.5 years too. Beisbol players definitely have it better and have earned it through hard fought labor negotiations. MLB has suffered major fan base loss though from the numerous work stoppages as well though.

If the NFL entered a No Cap era the saints under Benson's ownership could be worse than the original incarnation that took 20 years to produce a winning season. The Yankees payroll is over $200mil this year. The Devil Rays is $29mil!?! A-Rod alone makes about that much LOL. Amazing they compete as much as they do. Anyhoo, if ya wanna a Halloween like scare think of Benson spending money for players against Jones or Snyder in an open market. Lord, hepp'em to find resolution and not let your Saints be decimated.

04-29-2005, 10:35 AM	#1
LKelley67 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: baton rouge Posts: 2,540	New Orleans Devil Rays or Yankees Another thread prompted me to this question... In 2007, the last year of the current CBA there is NO salary cap. It is a pressure cooker of an issue. There is growing desparity between the large and small market teams in local revenue. Obviously, the high income Cowboys do not like giving a lot more to a common pool than the Bengals. players are wanting a larger slice of the pie every year. I believe the will find resolution, knowing what a good thing they have going together. It is tricky though. Beisbol players average 2.6mil for 2005. NFL players average 1.25mil and do not have anywhere near the guarantees in contracts like mlb. The average NFL player career now is only 3.5 years too. Beisbol players definitely have it better and have earned it through hard fought labor negotiations. MLB has suffered major fan base loss though from the numerous work stoppages as well though. If the NFL entered a No Cap era the saints under Benson's ownership could be worse than the original incarnation that took 20 years to produce a winning season. The Yankees payroll is over $200mil this year. The Devil Rays is $29mil!?! A-Rod alone makes about that much LOL. Amazing they compete as much as they do. Anyhoo, if ya wanna a Halloween like scare think of Benson spending money for players against Jones or Snyder in an open market. Lord, hepp'em to find resolution and not let your Saints be decimated.