It doesn’t take a crystal ball to know that the NFL needs to increase the common season to 18 video games. It additionally doesn’t require psychic powers to know that the league must be able to probably write a examine for $14.088 billion (plus prejudgment curiosity, post-judgment curiosity, and attorneys’ charges) in spite of everything appeals are exhausted.
Put the 2 collectively, and the league may construct a worst-case conflict chest between now and every time the Supreme Court docket both declines to take the case or finds in opposition to the NFL. (If the Supreme Court docket does certainly take the case, it possible will discover for the league — particularly if Clarence Thomas may be counted on to earn his free Tremendous Bowl ring.)
It’ll take roughly three years to get there, perhaps 4. Within the interim, why not speed up the inevitable?
Nothing prevents the NFL and the NFL Gamers Affiliation from agreeing to new phrases, every time they need. The CBA is a residing, respiration doc that doesn’t need to expire earlier than it’s changed. (From 1993 via 2011, it was at all times prolonged a yr or extra earlier than its time period ended.)
Though the gamers gained’t need to pay any of the $14.088 billion, modifications to Sunday Ticket may influence income, both by lowering the worth of the bundle or impacting the funds acquired from the Sunday afternoon broadcast offers.
A technique to make sure that the rising tide lifts all boats is by including video games and home windows. One further sport and one further bye turns into 20 weekends of regular-season soccer. As beforehand defined, the NFL must be keen to re-take Labor Day weekend with a view to have the Tremendous Bowl land on Presidents’ Day weekend.
Which might be tremendous, as a result of it might result in extra. Thursday night time, Friday night time, Saturday night time, Sunday night time, Monday night time to begin the season. Max out the cash, with a view to make up the $14.088 billion.
With 18 video games and a brand new five-night season-kickoff extravaganza, the NFL may go to the networks and re-do the TV offers, too.
Then, if the NFL finally wins the Sunday Ticket case within the Supreme Court docket, all that new cash could be gravy.
Pigs get fats, hogs get slaughtered? If the NFL makes the appropriate strikes whereas the Sunday Ticket case strikes ahead, the hogs will maintain doing the slaughtering.
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