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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.