Revenue sharing is necessary

[LambeauLeap]

I think we should have instant replay as well.

Only for EVERY scoring play.

[JimBob2232]

I think we should have instant replay as well.

Only for EVERY scoring play.

Speaking of which, and completely derailing this thread, did you see the Utah St/Ohio game yesterday? 30 seconds to go, guy apparently scores a touchdown (running back dives, ball appears to cross the goal line, but ball pops out as he hits the ground, ball bounces back into his hands clearly in the end zone). At least one ref called it a touchdown, the other said it was stopped at the 6 inch line. They reviewed the play and upheld the ruling on the field. Only problem, nobody knew that the ruling on the field was!

Chaos ensued.

So they went back up to the booth and ruled it a fumble, but said it was recovered by the guy in the end zone so it was a Touchdown. The other coach argued saying he was down, and therefore there could not have been a fumble. So they went BACK to the booth, and confirmed that he WAS in fact down, and put the ball on the 6 inch line.

Total and udder chaos. But it was fun to watch. (not to mention that the guy DID APPEAR to cross the goal line BEFORE the "fumble"...so it should ahve been a touchdown from the start!)

[LambeauLeap]

Didn't watch that (was watching D2 championship on DVR) but now i gotta go find that online.

[JimBob2232]

Didn't watch that (was watching D2 championship on DVR) but now i gotta go find that online.

Its not the best recording...but there ya go!

(Spoiler: Ruled a No-TD in the end. See if YOU think the ball crossed the goal line!)

[JimBob2232]

I just watched that again (for probably the 12th time)...and Now i realize it was NOT a touchdown. Wow, what was i looking at the other 11 times?

[LambeauLeap]

Yea didn't seem like a TD to me in that vid...he was done before it even crossed the plane, even if it were by mere split milliseconds.

[agrudez]

This is a good for the whole league. It will make it more competitive, by helping close the budget difference between the haves and have nots, without harming the teams with the highest budgets.

I'm already on record as very vocally believing that cash is useless in this league anyway, BUT, if cash WERE to become useful in the future (via an overhaul of the system and/or implementation of some innovative ways to make it so) then I completely agree with Al on this. I understand the 'premise' of the 'no max cash on hand' policy that was instituted (although, as I've already pointed out, I think it missed the mark a bit - as good intentioned as I'm sure it was); however, without revenue sharing it was absolutely a 'half-measure', imo, since the haves are generating just as much profit as the have-nots (bigger budgets, but equally bigger revenues). So, without revenue sharing, the excess cash in the league continues to rise exponentially whilst being evenly distributed amongst all teams - making it simultaneously unnecessary while also doing nothing to increase parity.