If the stadium is publicly financed the depreciation is not on the books of the franchise. My point is if you pay $2B for a stadium and expect to use it 40 years (very generous assumption), you need to cashflow $50MM just to break even. Not a great investment. Read more

When you’re a Jet,
You’re a Jet ‘til you die
From your first Keurig cup
To your last pizza pie.

When you’re a Jet,
You can eat on the can,
“You good?” to the wife,
You’re a family man.

You’re never alone,
You’re never intercepted.
You’re home on your phone—
When sleep is expected,
You’re well connected!

Then on the set
Of the… Read more

If you haven’t listened to Le Batard’s interview with Marc, the son who lost all of his mobility to football and inspired his father to take action, from earlier today, it’s worth a listen.
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No mention of Elliot’s needing a fourth accrued season? Read more

It seems that too often players are trying to hit the guy and not tackle the guy. Like in the GIF above, I get what he is saying, but he is never trying to wrap the guy up or actually tackle him. Having said that, I don’t think it is just as easy as saying they shouldn’t do that and should do this, but let’s not… Read more

“That national revenue figure of $274.3 million tells us that every single team brought in that much money simply from its television contracts”. No, that also includes league sponsorships, licensing money (apparel and other knick knacks), network radio (not all that much, but still). the Superbowl, and other league-wi… Read more

While the Packers may have to put the entirety of a guarantee into escrow, that should only impact cash balances. I would have to think the accounting for the financials would see the amount amortized over the life of the agreement. Read more

It actually does not explain anything. You have to understand that corporations hate to pay income tax. Making $100M in profit would be a huge mistake because the company would then have to give $$$ to the gubment. Most professional teams report little to no income, and in fact, often report a loss. Does this mean… Read more

For all of those wondering how the Packers can operate with only a slim profit margin, they have something like $400 million in reserves, which also includes an enormous property development just west of the Stadium. The organization isn’t hurting for wealth or cash. Read more

Isn’t depreciation considered a part of the expenses? i.e. whether they made $.7M like this year or $34.1M like last year, the $50M depreciation is already subtracted by the time you get to that number.
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If this is typical of finances for an average team, how does a business with breakeven operating profit support a $2B stadium without public support? Even if you assume this was an aberration, a team would need to generate $50MM/yr just to cover 40 years of depreciation on a $2B facility. Read more

It’s strange that Flutie got bounced out of the league (initially) in 1989. By 1990, the Oilers were putting up huge numbers/points with the run-n-shoot offense. And by 1991, the Falcons did the same with the Red Gun offense. Both spread formations, multiple receiver sets, both operating primarily out of the shotgun. Read more

Berry was an old-school hard-ass who had no interest in designing an offense around Flutie’s strengths, or in allowing Flutie to improvise much.
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This settlement has been a total nightmare for us. The number of strategies they’ve devised to avoid a payout is staggering - this is just one of them. Read more

Thanks. Yeah i see the “clear and obvious” issue (that statement or something similar seems to be en Vogue for all sports replay right now-like the World Cup) for sure. I was clarifying the part about the broadcast angles (vs all available angles) not showing the infraction Read more

I never thought creating a rule for one play—even as obvious as that play was—you can get bad rules that way. Nobody wants to see [what happened in Rams-Saints], and everybody wants to fix that. But I feel like, you create a rule to fix that play, and what we’re going to see is a whole bunch of other plays that… Read more

Seems worth mentioning, Easterby came to poach Caserio at the Patriots’ Super Bowl ring party at the owner’s house. The next day, he got a job offer and the tampering charges came out. Read more

There’s a genuine pattern there! And one of the best team-building devices to emerge during this decade is the quarterback on a rookie contract, an asset that provides teams with four-to-five years of cost control at an extremely low rate. The Seahawks, of all teams, pioneered this technique—and they did it with… Read more

I feel like it helps that Randy Ambrosie actually played in the CFL. And grew up watching CFL Football. Then had a successful business career. Oh, and in between playing and working in the private sector, he was part of CFLPA leadership. Read more

Apparently, all they need now is a football. Read more