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[QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 1946113, member: 972"]
Be careful...I've been saying this for years and people have labeled me a "tin-foil hat pariah"

It's too obvious what's been going on...I am enjoying the greed-induced "collapse" of the NFL.

What will probably be most joyous for me, is that the owners will get squeezed three different ways:

1)  It's obvious the league needs stars, but players are making OK enough coin to play for 6-8 years and decide enough's enough and retire earlier than stars of future generations (Tom Brady being the exception but they've created rules to make it illegal to hit him).  So the owners will have to pay the stars MORE to keep them around.

2)  The concussion health-related issues will create real need to increase roster sizes...absurd to keep 52 or whatever guys around when there's a player going down every play, very dangerous incentives to "get back in there"

3)  Well-known that ratings are down, I project further erosion resulting in long-term Revenue declines.

Of course all of these are operating issues, neglecting the major, long-term Institutional issues that concussions and CTE will become...Billions of dollars I'd project, including to the victims of future crimes committed by CTE induced former players.
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