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why is the federal government involved in the NFL talks?

rudeguy

rudeguy

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I understand the need for mediation but why federal? I don't think the NFL is lacking the funds to be able to pay for mediation. Why do we need to spend federal money on this?
 
Think of the tax value of $9billion in overall revenue. Now imagine a year where that revenue isn't generated... or at best only a fraction of it is generated.

I think that's worth the Fed's time and money to assist in a resolution to the NFL/NFLPA dispute.
 
Why did the Fed get involved with steroids in baseball?

seriously--talk about a waste of motherfucking time. I don't see how having outside-congress meetings with the NFL (well, I'm assuming that's the level we're talking about--its not like you posted any info on this) is nearly the same level as holding ridiculous Congressional Hearings regarding baseball.
 
Probably has to do with taxes and the fact that the NFL gets an exemption from the Fed which lets them essentially operate as a monopoly.
 
The NFL paid out roughly $3.6 billion in player salaries last year. Probably another $300 million for coaches and other front office staff... That's almost $4 billion in taxable income. And then there's taxes on the team profits... who knows what they are... and that's just the money directly tied to the NFL. Then there are the other industries that benefit from being associated with the NFL...

So your tax dollars went to pay a guy to sit in a room with the NFL. Several thousands of dollars spent to try and save what looks like - at first glance - over a billion dollars in income tax alone. Seems like a wise expenditure to me.
 
Whoozyerdaddy said:
Think of the tax value of $9billion in overall revenue. Now imagine a year where that revenue isn't generated... or at best only a fraction of it is generated.

I think that's worth the Fed's time and money to assist in a resolution to the NFL/NFLPA dispute.
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You are assuming that suddenly none of that money will be spent.
 
its a labor dispute. we can't start putting in clauses on what the government gets into and what it doesn't based on what a couple of shitheads decide is valid or not. thank you.
 
BoberFett said:
No.

If people don't spend $9B on pro sports, it's $9B they'd spend on something else.
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Read my second post. NFL employees (Players, coaches, front office) make around $4 billion a year. That's $4 billion in taxable income that won't get paid out if there's a lockout. Most of that income goes to very well paid people who pay from the highest tax braket and are also subject to AMT and other penalties for making a lot of money.

That's over $1 billion in lost tax revenue.

Spending 16 days trying to work things out is a good tradeoff/financial risk.
 
Whoozyerdaddy said:
Read my second post. NFL employees (Players, coaches, front office) make around $4 billion a year. That's $4 billion in taxable income that won't get paid out if there's a lockout. Most of that income goes to very well paid people who pay from the highest tax braket and are also subject to AMT and other penalties for making a lot of money.

That's over $1 billion in lost tax revenue.

Spending 16 days trying to work things out is a good tradeoff/financial risk.
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So what? That money will instead get spent on other things and will simply go into somebody else's paycheck where it will be taxed there.

Besides, doesn't every leftist moron already claim that secretaries effective pay higher tax rates than billionaires?
 
BoberFett said:
So what? That money will instead get spent on other things and will simply go into somebody else's paycheck where it will be taxed there.

Besides, doesn't every leftist moron already claim that secretaries effective pay higher tax rates than billionaires?
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your grasp on finance and business astounds me.
 
Interstate commerce clause, same reason the federal government can tell you you cannot grow corn for your chickens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
A farmer, Roscoe Filburn, was growing wheat for on-farm consumption. The U.S. government had imposed limits on wheat production based on acreage owned by a farmer, in order to drive up wheat prices during the Great Depression, and Filburn was growing more than the limits permitted. Filburn was ordered to destroy his crops and pay a fine, even though he was producing the excess wheat for his own use and had no intention of selling it.
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You do realize that the NFL and Players Union split the costs of the mediator, right?

They come in when my Union negotiates with the Village for our contract. Both sides split the costs. They are actually very expensive to bring in.
 
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