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Revenue Sharing in North American Pro Sports LeaguesThe NFL’s revenue sharing model is Ray McDonald Authentic Jersey universally lauded as the reason pro football continues to thrive in tiny markets like Green Bay, Wisconsin.The bulk of the league’s revenue approximately $4 billion in 2011 comes from broadcast deals with NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN and Phil Dawson Womens Jersey DirecTV. That income is shared equally among all teams. Income from licensing deals everything from jerseys to posters to team logo beer coolers is also shared evenly.Ticket revenue is split using a slightly different formula: the home team keeps 60 percent of "the gate" for each game, while the www.broncosnflofficialproshop.com/Nike-Demaryius-Thomas-Jersey.html visiting team gets 40 percent.Other sources of revenue things like the sale of luxury boxes, stadium concessions and Phil Dawson Youth Jersey the like are not shared, which does give teams in bigger markets or with state of the art arenas a significant edge in profitability. The new CBA attempts to remedy that in two ways. First, the league will set aside a percentage of revenue in a stadium fund, which will be used to match teams’ investments in their facilities. Second, there will be an additional "luxury tax" levied on high revenue teams, with the receipts set to be distributed to the lower revenue clubs.While this system is very effective for the NFL, there are a number of reasons why Ray McDonald Jersey it might not work for the NBA, where the bulk of each team’s revenue comes from local sources ticket sales, local and regional television contracts and the like.