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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1037074" data-attributes="member: 13032">Well I think the problem is what I stated above.  GMs negotiate with individuals and build teams.  Individuals are driven by ego, especially pro athletes."Greed" is an easy way to dismiss it all, but it misses the point, and hey, wouldn't we all want the most money we could get?  Has anyone gotten a raise or bonus they thought was unfair?  So I think pride and ego play a bigger role than greed, at least for the players.  As for the teams and the NFL, greed is just a natural part of capitalism.  Competition should hold that in check.  The NFL is very, very close to being a monopoly - maybe not by the strict b-school definition, but certainly when it comes to making above-normal profits.  If that happened in a competitive environment, competitors would enter and prices would go down.  Ain't gonna happen in the NFL, or any major sport that I know.It's pointless to rave on about it, unless one can change it.</blockquote>

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