The NFL owners have been making noises about "uncertain future of the NFL", and the "strong possibility of a lockout". To quote Mike Ditka regarding the possibility of a lockout "I can't believe anybody is that stupid". Keeping with that here are 10 reasons why I think there will be a new CBA done in time to continue football.
1.) Julius Peppers. Six years, $84 million, $42 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 14 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 10.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13T | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 51 | 40 | 11 | 14.5 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 5 |
| 2007 | Carolina Panthers | 14 | 14 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 2.5 | -- | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 57 | 48 | 9 | 13.0 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 3 |
| 2005 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 10.5 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 2 |
| 2004 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 11.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 143 | 71.5 | 97 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 7.0 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 3 |
| 2002 | Carolina Panthers | 12 | 12 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 12.0 | -- | 4 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 381 | 309 | 72 | 81.0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 177 | -- | 97 | 2 | 30 | |||
2.) Elvis Dumervil. Six years, $61.5 million. $41 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 14 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 17.0 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 4 |
| 2008 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5.0 | -- | 0 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2007 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 16 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 12.5 | -- | 4 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 8.5 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| TOTAL | 129 | 107 | 22 | 43.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | -- | 27 | 0 | 10 | |||
3.) Dunta Robinson. Six years, $57 million, $23.5 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | Houston Texans | 16 | 16 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 0.0 | -- | 9 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2008 | Houston Texans | 11 | 6 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | Houston Texans | 9 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 0.0 | -- | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Houston Texans | 16 | 16 | 82 | 69 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9T | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | Houston Texans | 16 | 16 | 88 | 69 | 19 | 1.0 | -- | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | Houston Texans | 16 | 16 | 87 | 73 | 14 | 3.0 | -- | 13 | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 61 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 393 | 329 | 64 | 4.0 | 0 | 54 | 13 | 162 | -- | 61 | 1 | 6 | |||
4.) Jahri Evans. Seven years, $56.7 million. $12 million guaranteed
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| Year | Team | G | GS | Pen | Yds | False Start | Holding | Sacks Allwd | Yds |
| 2006 | NO | 16 | 16 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 7.00 |
| 2007 | NO | 16 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 14.00 |
| 2008 | NO | 16 | 16 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1.00 | 9.00 |
| 2009 | NO | 16 | 16 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
| Totals | 64 | 64 | 19 | 157 | 6 | 10 | 6.00 | 50.00 | |
5.) Patrick Willis. Seven years, $53.5 million, $29 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 16 | 152 | 114 | 38 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 23T | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 16 | 141 | 109 | 32 | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 86 | 86.0 | 86T | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 16 | 174 | 135 | 39 | 4.0 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 2 |
| TOTAL | 467 | 358 | 109 | 9.0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 119 | -- | 86 | 2 | 6 | |||
6.) Brandon Marshall. Five years, $47.3 million, $12.5 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FUM | Lost | ||
| 2009 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 13 | 101 | 1,120 | 11.1 | 75T | 10 | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 14 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2008 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 15 | 104 | 1,265 | 12.2 | 47 | 6 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | Denver Broncos | 16 | 16 | 102 | 1,325 | 13.0 | 68T | 7 | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 1 | 20 | 309 | 15.5 | 71T | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 327 | 4,019 | 12.3 | 75 | 25 | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
7.) Karlos Dansby. Five years, $43 million, $22 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 16 | 109 | 89 | 20 | 1.0 | -- | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 16 | 119 | 95 | 24 | 4.0 | -- | 5 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 14 | 97 | 77 | 20 | 3.5 | -- | 8 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | Arizona Cardinals | 14 | 10 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 8.0 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 2 |
| 2005 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 15 | 88 | 69 | 19 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18T | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 11 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 5.0 | -- | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 553 | 440 | 113 | 25.5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 146 | -- | 34 | 2 | 12 | |||
8.) Vince Wilfork. Five years, $40 million, $25 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | New England Patriots | 13 | 13 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2008 | New England Patriots | 16 | 16 | 66 | 45 | 21 | 2.0 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| 2007 | New England Patriots | 16 | 16 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 2.0 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| 2006 | New England Patriots | 13 | 13 | 50 | 40 | 10 | 1.0 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| 2005 | New England Patriots | 16 | 16 | 54 | 40 | 14 | 0.5 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| 2004 | New England Patriots | 16 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 2.0 | -- | 3 | -- | -- | 0.0 | -- | -- | 0 |
| TOTAL | 303 | 219 | 84 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
9.) Deion Branch. Six years, $39 million. $13 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FUM | Lost | ||
| 2009 | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 5 | 45 | 437 | 9.7 | 35 | 2 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2008 | Seattle Seahawks | 8 | 8 | 30 | 412 | 13.7 | 63 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2007 | Seattle Seahawks | 11 | 11 | 49 | 661 | 13.5 | 65 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2006 | Seattle Seahawks | 14 | 13 | 53 | 725 | 13.7 | 38T | 4 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2005 | New England Patriots | 16 | 15 | 78 | 998 | 12.8 | 51 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2004 | New England Patriots | 9 | 9 | 35 | 454 | 13.0 | 26T | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | New England Patriots | 15 | 11 | 57 | 803 | 14.1 | 66T | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | -- | -- |
| 2002 | New England Patriots | 13 | 7 | 43 | 489 | 11.4 | 49T | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 390 | 4,979 | 12.8 | 66 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
10.) Antrel Rolle. Five years, $37 million, $15 million guaranteed
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| Season | Team | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
| G | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | SFTY | PDef | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | ||
| 2009 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 15 | 72 | 61 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 16 | 89 | 78 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40T | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 8 | 62 | 52 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 57 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 16 | 84 | 77 | 7 | 0.0 | -- | 10 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | Arizona Cardinals | 5 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 335 | 294 | 41 | 1.5 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 394 | -- | 57 | 4 | 3 | |||
You don't shell out this kind of money on players if you're not certain what the market will be. Not if you plan on staying in business.
Bonus reasons:
1.) Average NFL team's net worth is close to $1 billion. (Forbes).
2.) Average profit per NFL team in 2009. $212,500,000.
3.) Most profitable sport in the US? The NFL
MLB--Average franchise worth $491 million. Total income of $6.8 billion. Operating costs of $522,000 Average profit per team $209 million
NFL--Average franchise worth $1 billion. Total income of $7.8 billion. Operating costs of $1.034 billion. Average profit per team $212.5 million
NBA--Average franchise worth $367 million. Total revenue of $4 billion. Operating costs of $233 million. Average profit per team of $125.5 million
NHL--Average franchise worth $223 million. Total revenue of $3 billion. Operating costs of $184 million. Average profit per team of $93.86 million
Source: Plunkett Research
Despite rising costs the NFL continues to be a gold mine for the owners and is basically a license to print money.
4.) Rookie signings are up 29% over last year at this time.
Poll
When will a new labor agreement be reached?
Before the start of the regular season (18 votes)
Sometime during the regular season (68 votes)
After the regular season is done but before the end of the league year (135 votes)
Never (18 votes)
The two sides will agree to a temporary extension through 2011 (136 votes)
375 total votes
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