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Drink IRON City

Drink IRON City

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Troglodyte said:
if they want to investigate affordability for consumers, how about first investigating health insurance companies.
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Pardon me for getting non-football in the football forum, but this is one of the very few areas I might agree with a Trog on - health insurance, and 'healthcare' in general.

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iu

Yes, the chart is from 2010. BLS is probable reticent to release current data because it is far worse. But there is yer health 'crisis' and what really drives costs. Like anything else the gubmint touches, its all bullshit.
 
Vincent said:
Pardon me for getting non-football in the football forum, but this is one of the very few areas I might agree with a Trog on - health insurance, and 'healthcare' in general.

Picture worth thousand word...

iu

Yes, the chart is from 2010. BLS is probable reticent to release current data because it is far worse. But there is yer health 'crisis' and what really drives costs. Like anything else the gubmint touches, its all bullshit.
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This mirrors education and the rise of admin versus teachers.
 
Many here were *****-iN about games being on Netflix / Prime / Paramount + / etc. And exclusively.

Having to buy additional streaming just to get a certain game.

That is the ant-trust investigation part. They feel the Teams will be negotiating their own deals before to long. The NFL definitely don’t want that as it will affect the salary cap / revenue sharing / etc.

I think the GREED Machine has morphed into a Monster and soon it will be out of control.

Don’t fear, the NFL can fix it with more money in which they can pass on to the “Joe Schmuck Fan”

How much is to much to cause you to quit?

Add in the quality of the game, the entitlement of players, non-integrity FO of the NFL,……….

ALL adds up to a lesser and lesser desire to continue.




Salute the nation
 
Vincent said:
Pardon me for getting non-football in the football forum, but this is one of the very few areas I might agree with a Trog on - health insurance, and 'healthcare' in general.

Picture worth thousand word...

iu

Yes, the chart is from 2010. BLS is probable reticent to release current data because it is far worse. But there is yer health 'crisis' and what really drives costs. Like anything else the gubmint touches, its all bullshit.
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The vast majority of people have private health insurance. The increase in administrative costs is due to the complexity of claims processing and billing. Each insurer has its own agreement with each provider and pay different amounts for the same service.
 
Drink IRON City said:
DOJ has opened an investigation into the NFL Anti-trust designation.

Not a lot of factual information yet as this is just started.

Mostly about contracts TV & Streaming.

Could get nasty and I hope it does.

NFL is doyble dipping and in the end it costs us Joe-smucks fans money to watch.




Little facts, but it's a start




Salute the nation
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Be careful what you wish for. It appears the likely result of the anti-trust exemption being overturned is that teams would negotiate their own TV rights. If the individual teams negotiate TV rights separately, rather than the league negotiating collectively and sharing the revenue between all teams, it will create significant financial imbalance and probably mean an end to the salary cap system as it currently exists, as small market and non-performing teams will see their TV revenue slashed, whilst big market/widely supported teams will see increased revenue.

Just look at European soccer leagues to see how this works in practice. In Spain where teams negotiate their own TV rights, their league is dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona (who generate much larger TV revenues than any other Spanish team). The last time the top 2 in Spain did not include Barcelona or Real Madrid was 30 years ago. In the UK, which has TV revenue sharing (albeit revenue is distributed based on league position) there is a big 5 (not a big 2) who don't have the same dominance that exists in Spain. It is rare for all of the big 5 to occupy all of the top 5 positions.

Closer to home, see how individual teams doing their own TV deals works for the MLB.

If NFL teams negotiate their own TV rights expect similar financial disparities between teams to be similar to those that exist in Spain, which will mean small market teams won't be able to afford to maintain the current salary floor, leading to dominance by the teams with the best TV rights deals.
 
Troglodyte said:
The vast majority of people have private health insurance. The increase in administrative costs is due to the complexity of claims processing and billing. Each insurer has its own agreement with each provider and pay different amounts for the same service.
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I agree on the problem but I doubt we agree on the solution and that is a discussion for the Political forum.
 
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