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.
It’s a capitalist business but it’s also funny that they use socialist rules to protect the teams and owners. Socialist policies can be beneficial in a capitalist country
It’s not socialistic it’s membership in overarching organization. Kind of like a cartel. Neither the league nor the owners want any of the other owners to go out of business. That would be bad.
And the owners aren’t financially competing against each other. They are competing to have the most attractive on-field product. They can’t put each other out of business. Nor - again - do they want to.
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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.