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NFL 2020 Season: We're gonna bite a kneecap off

Are the Rams/Stan Kroenke in financial trouble?

Apparently the $2 billion dollar SoFi Stadium is now approaching nearly $5 billion dollars in cost (I don't believe this includes the $645 million dollars in relocation fees). They didn't send their scouts and coaching staff to the College All-Star games and are withholding bonuses from a couple of players no longer on the roster (Todd Gurley, Clay Matthews).

Did they bite off more than they can chew?
 
BillJ said:
They said Bo Jackson would be fine, too. :shifty:

Hip injuries can be tricky, especially of the scale Tua suffered. Beyond that, he was injury prone already. I’m excited to have him, but am tempering my expectations.
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Injury prone because he's reckless? The Bama games I watched that he was in, man he does a lot of potentially dangerous runs and flips. It was just a matter of time before he suffered a serious injury.

The question is, can he be a more traditional QB and run less?
 
BillJ said:
Are the Rams/Stan Kroenke in financial trouble?

Apparently the $2 billion dollar SoFi Stadium is now approaching nearly $5 billion dollars in cost (I don't believe this includes the $645 million dollars in relocation fees). They didn't send their scouts and coaching staff to the College All-Star games and are withholding bonuses from a couple of players no longer on the roster (Todd Gurley, Clay Matthews).

Did they bite off more than they can chew?
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This and many other such impending flame-outs will be blamed on the CV19 shutdown, I'm sure. They clearly weren't planning on such a limited revenue stream when they pulled the trigger on all these big projects years ago. It will be interesting to see who survives.

It may not be out of the realm of impossibility that a multi-billion dollar operation like the NFL might be distributing some of its own funds to support these more troubled clubs during this time (with an expectation of eventual reimbursement), in a kind of private stimulus akin to the recent FedGov CARES Act. It would be in their best interest to keep their constituents alive so that they can continue to generate healthy revenue streams after all this is over. If the NFL and other such governing organizations let their ball clubs die, that's revenue permanently lost and more wasted revenue spent setting them up all over again later, than what would have cost to help them continue while they were still running.
 
137th Gebirg said:
This and many other such impending flame-outs will be blamed on the CV19 shutdown, I'm sure. They clearly weren't planning on such a limited revenue stream when they pulled the trigger on all these big projects years ago. It will be interesting to see who survives.

It may not be out of the realm of impossibility that a multi-billion dollar operation like the NFL might be distributing some of its own funds to support these more troubled clubs during this time (with an expectation of eventual reimbursement), in a kind of private stimulus akin to the recent FedGov CARES Act. It would be in their best interest to keep their constituents alive so that they can continue to generate healthy revenue streams after all this is over. If the NFL and other such governing organizations let their ball clubs die, that's revenue permanently lost and more wasted revenue spent setting them up all over again later, than what would have cost to help them continue while they were still running.
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I don’t think there are any teams in danger of folding. But if a team did fold, it would increase each individual slice of the revenue pie. The big piece is national TV revenue. Which I don’t think would be much impacted by a 31 vs. 32 team league. Plus, there would be an infusion of cash when they charged the new team a two billion dollar entrance fee to bring it back to 32.
 
BillJ said:
I don’t think there are any teams in danger of folding. But if a team did fold, it would increase each individual slice of the revenue pie. The big piece is national TV revenue. Which I don’t think would be much impacted by a 31 vs. 32 team league. Plus, there would be an infusion of cash when they charged the new team a two billion dollar entrance fee to bring it back to 32.
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Even the most cash-strapped team, the Raiders, are still worth about $800 million.
 
I love the history of pro football and this is the type of stuff I've been wasting my time on during quarantine. YouTube is a treasure trove of stuff if one snoops around.

1952 Pittsburgh Steelers highlights...

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BillJ said:
love the history of pro football and this is the type of stuff I've been wasting my time on during quarantine. YouTube is a treasure trove of stuff if one snoops around.

1952 Pittsburgh Steelers highlights...
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I was big on league history when I was a kid, college and pro football. These films from 1952 are pretty interesting. The quarterbacks really threw the ball better than you might think considering that the forward pass was still pretty new. Otto Graham looked particularly good, well, for 1952. That fat white football is weird.

But on the other hand, in the last highlights which feature the Steelers and the Rams, DB, Night Train Lane was shown getting his 14th interception of a 14 game season. Can you imagine? Fourteen picks, and Lane was a corner. Lol!
 
My local morning news is saying the NFL is readying to open up training camps for the start of the season.
They're also reporting if the start is delayed til October that they'll be no bi-weeks and they'll play on Saturdays as well as the regular Sun, Mon, Thurs games all to potentially empty stadiums.
With no bi-weeks I think the potential for injuries goes up and recovery times goes down.
 
DarrenTR1970 said:
My local morning news is saying the NFL is readying to open up training camps for the start of the season.
They're also reporting if the start is delayed til October that they'll be no bi-weeks and they'll play on Saturdays as well as the regular Sun, Mon, Thurs games all to potentially empty stadiums.
With no bi-weeks I think the potential for injuries goes up and recovery times goes down.
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There were no bye weeks before 1990. Were there more injuries pre-1990?

Some teams seem to lose steam with the week off, while some can use the break.
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
There were no bye weeks before 1990. Were there more injuries pre-1990?
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No. It was never about injuries or rest, it was about and extra week of programming to sell to the networks. Just like the extra playoff teams and 17th game give them more games to sell.
 
BillJ said:
No. It was never about injuries or rest, it was about and extra week of programming to sell to the networks. Just like the extra playoff teams and 17th game give them more games to sell.
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The revenue part is a no doubter. I just wonder if there's data showing any effect the bye week has on a team, good or bad.
 
I have to say that I've been enjoying watching the older games. Seemed the telecasts were more focused on the actual game that you were watching than having graphics everywhere and constantly selling fantasy football.

Yes, I know I'm old and out of touch.
 
No Cris Collinsworth, Joe Buck or Thom Brennamann would be great selling points for older games.

"This is How-ahd Co-sell"
 
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