I don't have anything insightful to bring to the table on this subject. I am not on anyone's side and chalk it up to a symptom of our current economic crisis. Some serious factors to consider that are not part of the typical discussion are trends in media distribution and revenue. Also, the fact that the NFL made amazing profits in this recession is over stated. Employees make predictions based on the trends of last year. Entrepreneurs typically assess cause and effect on larger scales and far longer tim frames. We avoided our debt crisis by INVESTING in more debt. If you have it in you to look at the big picture the owners are of the belief that the Golden Egg of TV revenue will be shrinking in the foreseeable future. I am personally under the impression that our economic woes will continue with increasing unemployment, increasing high school dropout rates, inflation, higher taxes and expenses, exporting of more jobs, and the importing of illegal labor. If your fan base is fighting something like this, how can you possibly think the owners would be confidant that their League is not extremely vulnerable moving forward. Due to inflation, the owners expenses will be going up every year. Some teams even with TV revenue are not especially profitable, now picture a slide in Sunday ticket subscriptions or and a potential freeze on it's cost. Imagine the decline in advertising money. It's not unimaginable for a one or two year decline of 10% in this revenue to absolutely kill certain teams versus the rising operating costs. Under the circumstances, I am feeling a little greedy myself. Perhaps I should take this cue from the owners and not invest in there future debt.