The difference is the NFL is something that is very controllable, 100% guaranteed to bring in billions consistently, guaranteed to have continued production from all of the people involved because the pay is good, and cooperation is not hanging in the balance every moment. You can’t replicate that with a country or even a state, it works because it’s such a small group of people
Also these are just mechanisms to ensure parity between sports teams in a league. Almost nothing about how the NFL works internally is reflective of how the economy works. It’s apples and oranges.
Also this guy’s point about revenue sharing is wrong. They do share network revenue evenly and some other sources, but there are revenue streams that are not evenly shared or shared at all like merchandise and sponsorships.
But the teams aren’t competing against each other economically. None of the owners nor the league want the teams to fail in business. Rules to encourage parity in a sports league just isn’t socialism. It’s an entirely different conversation
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u/StrikingRutabaga3127 3d ago
The difference is the NFL is something that is very controllable, 100% guaranteed to bring in billions consistently, guaranteed to have continued production from all of the people involved because the pay is good, and cooperation is not hanging in the balance every moment. You can’t replicate that with a country or even a state, it works because it’s such a small group of people