Why Do NFL Teams Avoid?
The NFL makes an average of 8 billion dollars in revenue a year, some years making over 10 billion dollars in a single season. All of the money coming directly or indirectly from fans. Making NFL teams publicly owned and traded where anybody could purchase a stock and be a “owner.” Some people say that if NFL teams were publicly owned unpopular teams would not sell as many stocks therefore not being able to fund their team's needs. If NFL teams where publicly owned the NFL as an organisation would make much more money. Some people think that in order for the NFL teams to be publicly owned fans would have to show equal support for every team. This make sense because a team like the Dallas Cowboys, who are already worth $4 billion, would sell more stocks than the Oakland Raiders , who are only worth $1 billion. The reason that is incorrect is that even the Oakland Raiders, making the lowest reneuve of any team, still makes more than enough money to support their franchise coming from their fans. The Raiders make 285 million dollars a year coming from fans in some way according to Forbes. That is a low income
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Lockouts happen because of disputes in revenue distribution . The NFL makes on average 8 billion dollars a year. At the end of the year they split up the money and give it to the teams. The lockout happens when a greedy owner thinks that they are not getting enough money and refuses to let their team play. The NFL lockout of 2011 cost them 1 billion dollars according to espn. If these teams were publicly owned by fans this wouldn't have happened. Teams being publicly owned means that they are non-profit organisations. The money is going back into the team so their wouldn't be any greedy owners getting upset and costing the league billions of dollars because they think they should get more money. NFL teams being publicly owned would be a great idea for the
Lockouts happen because of disputes in revenue distribution . The NFL makes on average 8 billion dollars a year. At the end of the year they split up the money and give it to the teams. The lockout happens when a greedy owner thinks that they are not getting enough money and refuses to let their team play. The NFL lockout of 2011 cost them 1 billion dollars according to espn. If these teams were publicly owned by fans this wouldn't have happened. Teams being publicly owned means that they are non-profit organisations. The money is going back into the team so their wouldn't be any greedy owners getting upset and costing the league billions of dollars because they think they should get more money. NFL teams being publicly owned would be a great idea for the