Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Sad Economics of the NFL

This is a quick hit, primarily because I'm still working (!) on getting a final report out for work. Yes, it's 9:20 pm on a Tuesday. No, I didn't get to watch the Obama speech tonight. Work seems to be all I do these days. Work, work, work, work. Hello, Boys! How're we doing?

I just couldn't let the occasion slip by after several days of wondering will he? Won't he? Will they? Won't they?

Sadly, the Indianapolis Colts decided to cut Marvin Harrison loose today, thereby breaking up The Most Prolific QB-WR Duo Ever. He played for the Colts for 13 seasons, and teamed with Peyton Manning to set all those QB-WR records. But the Colts save themselves $6M in salary cap space by not bringing him back to camp, and by releasing him now, he has a chance to sign with someone else before the April NFL draft.

That's about all the economics you need to know about the NFL, where (as I said before) nothing but the signing bonus is guaranteed money.

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