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The National Football League is one of the favorite sports in America. It earns over 9 billion in total revenue a year which is split up between the players and the owners. This year the collective bargaining agreement ended and a dispute has arisen over the amount the players will get paid in the new agreement. With the 2011 football season in question many wonder if a new agreement will be made. The owners should try there hardest to get an agreement done as quickly as possible.

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The new rules that the owners agreed on may deter some players from signing the agreement. New rules such as changes to the kickoff at the start of games have already made some players mad and only the start of the season will tell if the rule changes were made correctly or not. If players are mad then they might ask for more money as part of the agreement. This will cause the process to take longer then it already has and the full season may be at risk.

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Without the star players the league might not make as much money as in the past. With the lockout the players can’t partake in any activities dealing with the teams they play for. This means that they can’t go to the training facilities and they can’t contact any of the coaches anytime. The only time that they can go back to their teams is when a new agreement is signed. If a new agreement is made then the players won’t be able to play this season. The season will still be played but with replacement players. With the replacement players playing fans might not want to watch the games since their favorite stars won’t be playing and making those amazing plays. The teams will still get paid from TV and radio agreements but the ticket sales will hurt the total amount that they earn. If the owners don’t get as much money as they did with the regular players then they are going to get an agreement done quickly.

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The owners need to loosen their belts over the money. The NFL makes 9 billion a year and the owners get a large sum of it. They get a billion right away before the players are even paid then they split the 8 billion up 80/20. The owners get 20 percent and the players get 80 percent. In a year the owners each get 81 million dollars. The top player Peyton Manning only gets paid 30.8 million but half of that is from endorsements. So in reality he only gets paid 15 million a year which is a far cry from the 81 million the owners get paid. One reason the owners say they need to get paid so much is for all of the things that are associated with the team and upkeep of the stadiums. Even though the owners do have to deal with all of the costs of owning a team the difference in pay is outstanding.  In the past when the league didn’t make as much in revenue the pay difference wasn’t as big. With the new agreement the owners will have to account the total revenue that the league will take in and will have to be a little more fairing the splitting of the money.

mediation

On sunday The judge told the nfl and nfl players that they will go back to the meeting room sometime soon. She is deciding when and where they will be forced to mediate. hopefully they can agree on terms since they are being forced to.