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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JBlood" data-source="post: 286789" data-attributes="member: 16">Whether you back the players or the owners it will be the fans who will pay for everything.WGBA -NFL Turns its Attention to Green Bay TodayMember Center:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:%20WNMemberCenterManager.gotoLoginLink%28%27create%27%29" target="_blank">Create  Account</a>|</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:%20WNMemberCenterManager.gotoLoginLink%28%27login%27%29" target="_blank">Log In</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:%20WNMemberCenterManager.gotoLoginLink%28%29" target="_blank">Manage Account</a>|</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:WNMemberCenterManager.gotoLoginLink%28%27logout%27%29" target="_blank">Log Out</a></li> </ul>  SITE SEARCHWEB SEARCH BY <img src="http://wgba.images.worldnow.com/global/images/google/google-logo_dark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://wgba.images.worldnow.com/images/static/hdr/hdr_branding.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   NFL Turns its Attention to Green Bay Today  <img src="http://wgba.images.worldnow.com/images/294603_G.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />          By <a href="mailto:dwalker@journalsentinel.com">Don Walker</a>  of the Journal Sentinel    With the release this morning of numbers  related to their financial performance last year, the Green Bay Packers  will surely grab the attention of the National Football League, its  players' association and millions of football fans,. The Packers are a publicly owned franchise  and are required to report to its shareholders - just like thousands of  other businesses in the country - its financial performance. The  franchise is unique in that it is the only NFL team that releases to the  public how it fares financially each year. Last year, the team reported a net profit of  $4 million, relatively small compared with the past few years. Today's profit number, as well as the amount  of revenue the team generated in the year ending March 31, and the  amount of money it gets from national television, are benchmarks that  will be scrutinized by members of the players' association in the  ongoing contract negotiations. The current labor deal expires in March 2011,  and that could lead to a work stoppage in 2011. While it would be unfair to compare Green  Bay, by far the smallest media market in the NFL, to other teams, the  Packers will share the amount of national TV revenue it receives. That's  a number every other league in the team gets. In the leadup to this season, NFL  negotiators, including Mark Murphy, president and CEO of the Packers and  a former union official himself, have argued that the percentage of  revenue going to players has to go down. Exactly how much is in dispute.  The union says the league wants to reduce the players' share by 18%;  the league disputes that. Th union has said that the players' share of  revenue cannot be negotiated unless the players have a better idea how  teams perform financially. Today, the Packers will open the door a  little and let the players see for themselves. In recent years, Murphy has said that the  cost of player salaries has risen faster than the Packers' ability to  generate revenue. I would expect to hear the Packers make that same  point again. Andrew Brandt, a former top Packers' official  who writes on the blog <a href="http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/" target="_blank">National  Football Post,</a> has speculated that the league might not ask for any  reduction in the share of revenues in return for the union agreeing to  play two extra games. Finally, the release of these numbers also  has to be seen through the prism of the existing economic conditions in  the country. The recession took a toll on the entire country, including  professional sports. The Packers may report that their ability to  generate local revenue was down last year, compared with others years.  And while the team continues to sell out its games and ticket prices are  higher, other ancillary revenue may have gone down. On July 29, the annual Packers' shareholders  meeting will be held at Lambeau Field. Roger Goodell, the league's  commissioner, is expected to attend and take some questions from  shareholders. Goodell, who will be touring other NFL camps  this summer, is sure to be asked about the current contract situation  and what he thinks of the Packers' financials. We'll know more later today.                           <a href="http://www.worldnow.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://wgba.images.worldnow.com/images/static/container-e/wn_powerby.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>All content © Copyright 2000 - 2010 WorldNow and  WGBA. 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