Texans sign CB Derek Stingley to 3 years, $90M with $89M guaranteed

BelowZero said

These contracts and their growth can't be sustained. Soon long snappers are going to start asking for $15M/season.

There's going to be a market collapse eventually, imo, and the teams with money are going to feast on it.

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As long as there is a market for NFL entertainment it absolutely can be sustained. Player pay is tied to the gross revenue of the NFL product (47-48%). They are the product and the ones putting their health on the line for our pleasure. I love Gayle, but didnt buy season tickets to watch the Bensons own the team. If the football operations believe that dividing their resources in this manner is best for their team, that's their preference. They must spend a certain amount of money as a salary floor exists.

Teams with/without money have nothing to do with it as most of the NFL revenue is shared amongst all clubs equally (TV contracts). Paul Brown cancry poor about paying his players, but he's full of it. He gets the same TV money as Jerry Jones.

I agree with the notion that it seems that there is too much money in the NFL, but that's wayyy out of scope for this topic.