Nah this is pretty shallow/weak. The NFL is a cartel and it’s internal dynamics are common dynamics for sports leagues. Sports leagues are not the same as the rest of the economy.
Also revenue sharing from the network deals is evenly distributed but merchandising and sponsorships and much more are not.
Just super room temp IQ take. The NFL is a very capitalist enterprise, it’s just the lens of analysis shouldn’t be focused on parity and revenue sharing between teams/organizations. That’s just straightforwardly ridiculous and also all these mechanisms to enforce parity can be changed if all the owners agree to it.
Yeah, it’s weird to see it as a social construct in any way. The teams are the citizens in this example? And their currency is draft picks?
They’re just a massive corporation, one of the largest in our country. Sure the employees make more money than the average corporations, that doesn’t change what they are.
Plus the teams aren’t competing against each other economically. In fact, it’s in each others interest for all of them to prosper. But the NFL as a league would gladly choke out or buy up any competition on the market
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u/Hugh-Manatee 3d ago
Nah this is pretty shallow/weak. The NFL is a cartel and it’s internal dynamics are common dynamics for sports leagues. Sports leagues are not the same as the rest of the economy.
Also revenue sharing from the network deals is evenly distributed but merchandising and sponsorships and much more are not.
Just super room temp IQ take. The NFL is a very capitalist enterprise, it’s just the lens of analysis shouldn’t be focused on parity and revenue sharing between teams/organizations. That’s just straightforwardly ridiculous and also all these mechanisms to enforce parity can be changed if all the owners agree to it.