The NFL is a close cousin to socialism in their business structure. With a few exceptions, the NFL shares all their revenue, particularly their tv money which is the big gorilla of their revenue stream. The Saints weren’t terribly hurt by Katrina in the financial sense. As long as the league keeps raking in the bucks, even teams with poor attendence can win.
Sigh...
I say the whole deal is rigged.
Where is my Browns super bowl? ;)
It’s not socialism, it’s called FRANCHISES. The NFL, like other leagues, and McDonalds is a FRANCHISE system, all the teams are part of a whole.
And there’s actually large portions of revenue that don’t get shared, home teams keeps most of the gate money, merchandise money goes primarily to the logo owner, radio money is largely unshared. The TV money is big, but it ain’t the whole pot by any means.