sports.espn.go.com/nfl/ne...id=2356310< > < > That's the latest proposal, and it will be voted upon tomorrow. In order to pass, the motion needs 24 votes. Supposedly, this is the final vote. In principal, this actually looks like a decent deal. 59.5% of revenues isn't the issue, I think owners will agree on this one (rumors had them close to this figure anyways). The problem area is the "Cash over cap" portion which addresses the revenue sharing issue. This is gonna cause the biggest problem. As of now, there are exactly 9 major decendents (high-revenue teams) that will block this move from going into fruition (this isn't rumor btw, these owners have been vocal about refusing to do revenue sharing):< > < > Washington< > Dallas< > NY Giants< > NY Jets< > Philly< > New England< > Houston< > Denver< > Carolina< > < > One of these votes will have to change. Unfortunately the entire NFC East is out because they're the largest markets, they are a separate conference and they don't care about the rest of the NFL. They'll be able to sell out and collect their revenues without a problem (as evident by the 1980s). AFC East is out too - Kraft (NE) has been the most vocal opponent of revenue sharing, and you can best believe the Jets will follow suit, and Miami's not small and Buffalo's the outlier. < > < > I think Houston is out just because of how much McNair paid for the team, and because they haven't exactly been successful under the current regime - record-wise. That leaves two teams - Denver and Carolina. Unfortunately I'm skeptical on Denver because of how many Superbowl appearances they had in the 80s (albeit they never won). That leaves Carolina. So panthers fans... do your part.
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