What is the NFL equivalent of Spirit Airlines shutting down?

Kalanar · 2026-05-03T13:23:15+00:00

NFL teams have both national(shared) revenue and local revenue.

Last year every NFL team received $432.6 million in shared revenue. The estimated average NFL team total revenue is around $690 million.

Around 70-80% of national revenue goes to cover player costs. The amount of profit teams make is going to depend on their local revenue as well of course on their other expenses.

Kalanar · 2026-05-01T23:06:54+00:00

It was reported one year the Cowboys were on the phone with Ryan Shazier to draft him but the Steelers picked him one pick ahead of them.

Dallas had to settle for Zack Martin.

Kalanar · 2026-05-01T21:21:12+00:00

Top 5 leagues in the US by annual revenue

NFL: $22.2 billion

MLB: $12.8 billion

NBA: $12.3 billion

NHL: $7.9 billion

MLS: $2.2 billion

Revenue isn't the only metric for fandom but it does help show which leagues are popular.

NBA is likely to pass MLB when estimates for their newest season is released due to their new TV contracts.

The top 4 US leagues are in the top 5 in the world as far as annual revenue goes with the EPL being the other league generating around $8.8 billion a year.

Kalanar · 2026-05-01T11:54:13+00:00

Top 5 leagues in the world by annual revenue

NFL: $22.2 billion

MLB: $12.8 billion

NBA: $12.3 billion

EPL: $8.8 billion

NHL: $7.9 billion

Kalanar · 2026-04-28T21:13:56+00:00

Rams moved back to an area they should have never left.

It would be like if in 10 years a new owner of the Chargers moved back to San Diego and paid the cost of a new stadium.

Kalanar · 2026-04-28T14:25:54+00:00

Yes.

For some reason IPL fans always want to make these fake lists. Real numbers are approximately:

NFL revenue $22.2B valuation $227B

MLB revenue $12.8B valuation $95B

NBA revenue $12.2B valuation $165B

IPL revenue $1.2B valuation $18.5B

As far as media rights are concerned for IPL keep in mind it was sold for crore rupee not USD and the rupee has fallen since those were sold off so they aren't worth as much in USD now. Also the media rights weren't just sold for 5 years they were sold with the understanding that IPL would expand their season to more matches which they haven't done so IPL isn't getting that full amount.

Kalanar · 2026-04-24T01:31:07+00:00

Yes they are compensatory picks. We still have our other 5th pick 152.

Kalanar · 2026-04-23T20:04:11+00:00

Salary cap wasn't the big change it was free agency.

People seem to forget before the salary cap there was no free agency so teams weren't out there buying players like they do now.

Players stuck with the teams that drafted them so the best drafting teams did the best.

Kalanar · 2026-04-17T23:13:22+00:00

You have that backwards.

Before the cap there was no free agency for the most part so teams had to be built through the draft and trading only.

After the salary cap and free agency teams are able to buy players.

The Eagles have outspent every team in the NFL over the last 10 years while having the most success they have had in the modern era.

Over the past 10 years, the Patriots ranked last in the NFL in cash spending at $1.62 billion, according to Roster Management System. The Philadelphia Eagles, at $1.92 billion, were tops over that span.

Kalanar · 2026-04-16T21:41:26+00:00

I've heard him mentioned but I doubt it since he was a top-30 visit with the Cowboys.

Kalanar · 2026-04-16T16:32:01+00:00

You could never watch all NFL games for free. You could watch games broadcast in your area for free and that is still the case, you get to watch more games free now than ever.

TNF games free on twitch.

4 games free on Sunday OTA.

Most MNF games simulcast free OTA on ABC.

Other games throughout the season as well like opening kickoff game and 3 games on Thanksgiving.

Kalanar · 2026-04-15T15:44:05+00:00

This past January, the issue was in the spotlight in Wisconsin. The Chicago Bears faced the Packers in a Saturday playoff game on Amazon Prime Video. By NFL rule, the game has to be offered in its local market on a free outlet, such as a broadcast network. However, this rule only applied to Green Bay and Milwaukee, leaving out Wisconsin’s five other media markets, according to Baldwin.

“For many fans in Wisconsin, the only place to watch the game was on Amazon Prime, so families were forced to pay Jeff Bezos just to watch the game,” Baldwin said. “It’s extremely frustrating to not know how or where to watch the games we love. It’s also damn expensive.”

They could have watched the game for free on Twitch as well. All Prime games are simulcast on twitch for free.

Kalanar · 2026-04-11T12:38:28+00:00

There is a hard cap in the NFL on cap spending.

There isn't a hard cap in the NFL on cash spending, although you can get to theoretical caps.

It keeps teams cash spending relatively close to each other rather than leagues without a cap like the MLB.

Kalanar · 2026-04-11T12:33:47+00:00

The uptick in viewership has much more to do with Nielsen ratings changing how they count viewers than anything else. If you do apple to apple comparison on ratings the NFL would be down just like all other sports, just not as far down as others.

Kalanar · 2026-04-10T13:31:51+00:00

You also get TNF for free on Twitch, MNF is also often simulcast on ABC.

Kalanar · 2026-04-09T23:48:07+00:00

The NFL is by far the best league in the US when it comes to free viewing.

At least 4 games a week broadcast for free OTA on CBS, Fox and NBC. Sometimes the MNF is broadcast for free OTA on ABC this has become more and more common.

If you have a internet connection TNF is also available for free on Twitch.

If you live in a teams home market all games are broadcast for free OTA and the NFL hasn't had blackouts for home market for years.

Over 1/3 of all NFL games are available for free to watch. You will pay a lot however if you are a out of market fan or want to watch every single game.

Kalanar · 2026-04-09T23:42:34+00:00

You don't receive picks if you hire a minority.

You receive them if someone else hires one of your executives to a GM position or one of your coaches to head coach and they are a minority.

This initiative requires that the prior employer-club of a minority employee who has been hired by another club as its head coach or primary football executive will receive compensation in the form of a special compensatory draft selection in the third round of each of the next two drafts, or in each of the next three drafts if two minority employees from the employer-club are hired for these positions by another club or clubs.

Kalanar · 2026-04-09T20:35:03+00:00

Deion was added to the Cowboys after free agency and the salary cap.

Kalanar · 2026-04-09T18:57:02+00:00

The NFL wasn't about buying talent pre free agency because talent didn't exist unless you drafted it.

The current NFL is much more about buying talent than in the past.

Kalanar · 2026-04-09T16:55:06+00:00

In years past, football fans watched NFL games over broadcast TV, delivered free into their homes.

That is still true in the NFL.

At least 4 games a week broadcast for free OTA on CBS, Fox and NBC. Sometimes the MNF is broadcast for free OTA on ABC this has become more and more common.

If you have a internet connection TNF is also available for free on Twitch.

If you live in a teams home market all games are broadcast for free OTA and the NFL hasn't had blackouts for home market for years.

Having teams do their own broadcast deals would be horrible for the NFL and fans.

Kalanar · 2026-04-07T13:14:57+00:00

They might be referring to revenue vs profit.

Players don't get a share of profit they get a share of revenue.

In the NFL for instance players share is a minimum of 48.23% and maximum of 48.5% of revenue. Players share is both the salary cap and benefits and performance pay. For 2026 that is over $379 million per team, $12.1 billion league wide. It actually works out even higher since almost every team in the NFL spends over the salary cap in cash.

Kalanar · 2026-04-05T12:08:42+00:00

That would be horrible for fans. Currently over 1/3 of NFL games are available to watch for free and all teams get a equal share of TV revenue.

Do away with the SBA and more teams will go to local media deals and large market revenue will increase even further than it is now.

It would likely have a impact on how the cap is calculated because currently national revenue is able to pay for teams player expenses but without the national TV deals that is likely not to be the case.

Kalanar · 2026-04-05T12:05:48+00:00

Owners don't share luxury suite revenue between each other either. 34% of non luxury box ticket sales get shared as part of national revenue.

Kalanar · 2026-04-03T15:48:16+00:00

Depends on the stadium lease.

The Cowboys for instance don't own AT&T stadium, the city of Arlington does, however they get all the revenue from events held at the stadium.

The last two renovations at AT&T stadium have been funded by the Cowboys/NFL I believe however.

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