May 24, 2011
The NFL lockout continues now. Many fans are now worrying the season may not happen. If this happens to be the case, many fans will not be able to watch nfl online or watch football streams. Many are wondering what exactly this lockout is about. What’s the fuss?
The NFL already generates great revenue when people watch NFL online through viewers seeing advertisements on TV stations. Popular tools are used to watch games such as SopCast, TVUPlayer and more. When people watch football they are part of a worldwide economy.
Well the lockout is about a few things. For one, it is about the owners trying to take away football from their giant fan base. This can have a devastating effect on local economies such as Cincinnati, Denver and other “football” cities. There would be a loss of over $150 million per city. Not to mention 110,000 jobs lost.
Not only is the lockout about our economies and towns but it is about the owner’s wanting leverage. The cost to own an NFL team will drastically decrease if there is no season obviously, because who wants to own a team that never plays? Right now, the owners have a TV agreement that generates income even if no season is played in 2011. They could make almost 4.5 billion dollars. This would be a very profitable “season” for the owners without games because player salaries would not be paid. They are willing to destroy the NFL for self benefit.
For no good, solid reasons the owners are attempting to require players to do more. They want to reduce there share of revenue to the players by 18 percent next year. Not to mention the NFL wants to increase the number of games, and decrease player salaries. Even worse, the NFL will not continue its player healthcare during the lockout. The owners have a stronghold on media across the globe, and share great revenue yet will not cave in on these agreements for ultimately selfish reasons.
The league is what it is today because the players have fought for their rights as players in the past. The current revenue share the owners want to give to the players are practically unheard of (only in the 1980′s).
Thank you..really informative!!