-EG> revenue. He concentrated on the Cowboys revenue, which IS a
-EG> lot but in comparison the rest of the league, the Browns
-EG> were competitive (Baseball has an overall variance of
-EG> 36.9%). The NFL has been sharing revenue for years and the
-EG> big problem a lot of teams had was that some clubs were
-EG> pocketing their share of the revenues without spending to
-EG> make their teams competitive (Cincinnati was notorious for
-EG> that). Revenue sharing was abused by teams who had the
-EG> balls (no pun intended) to complain about the Cowboys and
-EG> 49ers "buying" championships while they lost players
-EG> because they weren't willing to pay them to stay. Only when
-EG> teams are willing to spread the wealth does revenue sharing
-EG> work and I'm all for it but not for clubs that simply want
-EG> to line their pockets.
That's why the NBA has ALWAYS had a rule - home team, 100 percent. In the 
days of NBA doubleheaders, teams would trade off home games, but money wasn't 
involved.
 
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