February 10, 2018 03:45AM | Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 16,078
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JamesJM
There is not a single dollar that isn't driven by the fans. I know what you're saying, and agree... but it ignores the the source. - JamesJM
Well by "market" I mean specifically the free agent market which determines (annually rising) averages for a position. So by market I mean the unwritten rules and possibilities that informally shape contracts when players are signed.
But I know what you are saying. In the long run, yes, fans are the paying audience for that. But in a lot of ways, we are kind of indirect in this.
The networks account for far more than revenue from those who pay to attend games.
So the networks go to advertisers, and say, we have an audience of this size, and charge for advertising, some of which we buy into ("dilly dilly" ), and then they use that money to buy rights from the league, and the league uses that money to pay players under the cap.
Not trying to act like the obvious isn't obvious, just putting it in black n white.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2018 03:48AM by zn.
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