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Originally Posted by Justme
The only 'true' examples of socialism, since to the best of my knowledge Star Trek II was a sci-fi movie, are places like the the former USSR and even to some extent Canada.
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I am certainly no political scientist, so I don't what "true" socialism is...however, it seems to me that the NFL is a pretty socialist league. It has a "hard" salary cap, no guaranteed contracts, extensive revenue sharing, "hard" minimum player's salary, virtually no local TV revenue exclusive to one team, etc.
I know its not "pure" socialism (i.e. players can still be "free agents" and let the market dicate how much money they can get) however it has a lot of socialism in it structure.
And, on top of it all, the NFL was recently rated the most valuable league in the world (passing the English Premiere League) by Forbes or Fortune or some business journal (I forget which one).
Most of the journalists I read and/or listen to (Boston Globe, SI, ESPN, Washington Post...on a regular basis) agree that the NFL right now is by FAR the most successful league in the country in a business sense.