Texas Chuck wrote:sp6r=underrated wrote:One other example of NFLPA weakness: there are still teams in Green Bay and Buffalo. If the union had any power those teams would have been moved to more attractive cities.
Both MLB and NBA have teams in locations most players dislike but neither has anything similar to Buffalo or Green Bay. If you put an MLB/NBA team there they faced significant talent retention problems beyond the ones caused by poor revenue streams.
This has nothing to do with the union. This has to do with every single NFL team is in the black strictly from TV money. So they don't have to pull teams from smaller markets to chase every last local dollar. Most other sports leagues are largely regional--they have regional TV deals and fans are watching one specific team much more than they are watching the league as a whole.
The NFL transcends that. It only has national TV deals and we see in the ratings, if its NFL people are tuning in regardless of teams playing. Yes the Cowboys and a couple of teams give a bump, but the Shield is the product much more than the teams or players.
If the players union was stronger, players would have real free agency unlike the BS free agency they currently have. I'm quite confident Buffalo and Green Bay aren't viable cities for high human capital workers. Those cities would struggle to attract players. Other cities would offer better deals and they'd move. Green Bay almost did move to Milwaukee in the 80s.