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Originally Posted by Justme
A leftist political ideology that emphasizes the principle of equality and usually prescribes a large role for government to intervene in society and the economy via taxation, regulation, redistribution, and public ownership.
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If you replace the word "government" with "NFL" it fits pretty well. The League intervenes heavily in its "society" (i.e. the 32 franchises) with heavy regulation (salary caps; minimum player salaries); redistribution (revenue sharing); taxation (rich teams are "taxed" on their local revenue streams) and public ownership (i.e. the League as a whole owns the right to negotiate virtually all TV coverage of the league...other than some pre-season games. Hell the League now owns its own TV network...and is there any doubt that in 15 years the NFL network will replace ESPN as its major cable broadcaster? The league even has an interest in a large number of stadiums used by NFL Teams since the LEAGUE financed or helped to finance their construction).
And as I said...the NFL, with the exception of a little labor hiccup this off-season (which was resolved without a labor stoppage) just keeps humming along.