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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 541186"><p>Even in the uncapped year, when the Packers had the second highest player compensation costs in the league, they had net earnings of $10 mil, $5 mil after land value write-downs and were cash flow positive. That's from memory but should be very close.</p><p></p><p>Even before the stadium expansion which provides meaningful additional revenue, the Packers posted record net earnings in 2012. Expect another record in 2013.</p><p></p><p>TT commented last off season that Murphy advised him he was under no team restrictions with respect to spending. There's no reason to see that changing any time soon.</p><p></p><p>Having a billion dollar owner provides no advantage in player retention or acquisition over the Packers at this time or for the foreseeable future. The salary cap makes it so.</p><p></p><p>It would take failures to sell out or a sudden plunge in NFL popularity impacting visitor gate shares and the next TV contracts some years down the road to prevent this franchise from spending up to the cap each and every year. If they don't, it's not because they can't. It's because they're looking at in-season provisions and a multi-year view of negotiations down the line. This was covered at some length in another thread.</p><p></p><p>It's also interesting to note that we're moving into the phase of the new CBA where teams have to start worrying about minimum payouts. The CBA calls for a minimum <em><strong>cash</strong></em> payout average over a mulityear period of something like 95% of the cap. Somebody else can look up the exact provisions.</p><p></p><p>Every team is working now in a fairly narrow band between minimum cash and maximum cap.</p><p></p><p>You're going to start seeing reporter projections about which teams are likely to be most active in free agency based on minimum cash pay requirements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 541186"] Even in the uncapped year, when the Packers had the second highest player compensation costs in the league, they had net earnings of $10 mil, $5 mil after land value write-downs and were cash flow positive. That's from memory but should be very close. Even before the stadium expansion which provides meaningful additional revenue, the Packers posted record net earnings in 2012. Expect another record in 2013. TT commented last off season that Murphy advised him he was under no team restrictions with respect to spending. There's no reason to see that changing any time soon. Having a billion dollar owner provides no advantage in player retention or acquisition over the Packers at this time or for the foreseeable future. The salary cap makes it so. It would take failures to sell out or a sudden plunge in NFL popularity impacting visitor gate shares and the next TV contracts some years down the road to prevent this franchise from spending up to the cap each and every year. If they don't, it's not because they can't. It's because they're looking at in-season provisions and a multi-year view of negotiations down the line. This was covered at some length in another thread. It's also interesting to note that we're moving into the phase of the new CBA where teams have to start worrying about minimum payouts. The CBA calls for a minimum [I][B]cash[/B][/I] payout average over a mulityear period of something like 95% of the cap. Somebody else can look up the exact provisions. Every team is working now in a fairly narrow band between minimum cash and maximum cap. You're going to start seeing reporter projections about which teams are likely to be most active in free agency based on minimum cash pay requirements. [/QUOTE]
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