You will see a lot more Eli Manning and Bo Jackson situations where not just first overall but first rounders will not want to live in Europe and will sit out. This would be a time to start an XFL. When free agency hits players will take less money to come back to the U.S. Unless the NFL develops European talent, it may be hard to sustain talent.
That's a great point that I had not considered.
Those European income, property tax laws are already known by players, coaches - and owners too.
Bet the longterm strategy is just to play games there, generate passive revenue & interest. No way millionaires & billionaires are going to give their money to the taxman…
Tbf Europe is amazing and me personally I'd gladly live there... But I'd wager a lot of players that grew up in rural America wouldn't love the idea.
In the end my point(s) continue to be simple.
NFL isn't a publicly traded company so I give zero shits about how they grow shareholder value for billionaires.
The games create unfair competitive advantages.
The games aren't enticing and they're on too early for me to care.
Every executive I’ve met traveling for business, and lives in the US, always speaks glowingly of Europe and how much better it is there, than here. I wait til the end of the conversation and ask them why they stay in the US?
Bar none, every one has answered “the taxes”.
We laugh, and the conversation drifts.
It can’t be sustained unless you have an endless supply of money.
Thats why the NFL’s model only works by dipping their toe in the market, but never intending to stay there.
Every executive I’ve met traveling for business, and lives in the US, always speaks glowingly of Europe and how much better it is there, than here. I wait til the end of the conversation and ask them why they stay in the US?
Bar none, every one has answered “the taxes”.
We laugh, and the conversation drifts.
It can’t be sustained unless you have an endless supply of money.
Thats why the NFL’s model only works by dipping their toe in the market, but never intending to stay there.
Yeah Europe is amazing. We travel there all the time. Sucks that our currency is being devalued.
