Open the books?

Lovin Blue wants more ‘account’ability

But we have to be careful – the Packers are just ONE data point among many, including the other 31 teams and all the other businesses that comprise the NFL.  If we extrapolate the Packers’ results, we run the risk of assuming that player costs around the league are rising at twice the rate of revenue increases.  It is possible that this is true, but it is more likely that it is not.  The Packers have their own unique situation and local revenue is what is said to have suffered, not shared revenue (which comes from the whole league).  You also have to consider what the Packers classify as “player costs,” which probably goes well beyond salaries and bonuses and into health care, pension/401(k), and maybe some administrative costs.