Daniel Kaplan · @KaplanSportsBiz
23rd Feb 2016 from TwitLonger
NFL statement on Arbitrator decision on CBA revenue
The CBA is a lengthy, complicated document and there are differences of interpretation from time to time. Those differences get resolved in our favor at least as often as they get resolved against us.
In this case, the System Arbitrator recently resolved a technical accounting issue under the CBA involving the funding of stadium construction and renovation projects. The effect of the decision is principally one of timing; it will increase the number of seasons over which the League’s investments in stadium projects will be recouped from local stadium revenues. The decision should have no effect on the League’s long-standing commitment to stadium improvements; that commitment was most recently reflected in the League’s decision to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in financial support for the Rams’ new stadium in Los Angeles as well as financial support for new stadiums in Oakland and San Diego.