Summer's almost
gone
Summer's almost
gone
We had some good
times
But they're gone
The winter's comin'
on
Summer's almost
gone
~ The Doors
“If cross country
were easy it would be called football.” ~ Slogan on the backs of many cross
country team shirts.
Am I ready for some football? Well - no. America is all a twitter, sports talk show hosts are ecstatic and television
network and National Football League execs are just beginning a 5 month long
fiscal orgasm (For those readers outside of the USA, I’m speaking of American
football as opposed to futbol/soccer).
American football is an absolute dollarific orgy. On average the 32 NFL teams are worth $1.17
billion dollars each. The average
revenue per team last year was $286 million dollars. Broadcast revenue from the networks for the
current contract, now in its final year, averages $1.9 billion per year. The new contract starting in 2014 will average
$3.1 billion per year. These are just a
few of the bank account boggling figures.
And this doesn't even count the gambling money exchanged – both legal
and not.
