http://www.latimes.com/sports/footba...1808277.column
"Want to know my favorite statistic of Week 3 before Monday? Sixteen of 20 coach's challenges resulted in overturned calls, meaning officials made the wrong decision on 80% of some of the biggest plays. Think about that.
Want to know my second-favorite statistic?
When you crunch the numbers, if the NFL gave the locked-out referees everything they wanted, it would cost about $100,000 extra per team per season. That equals about four games' pay for one of a team's lowest-paid players. The owners are watching their sport burn because they won't improve the officials' compensation by about one-fourth the amount they would pay a backup guard? Think about that.
OK, real quick, I've got a third-favorite statistic from last weekend. There were 13 penalty first downs in the game between the Patriots and the Ravens, which is only the most
in the history of the NFL."
plaschke is saying this is about $3.2 million. i've also seen the figure $16 million as the difference.
the players contract signed last year was about how the league would divide it's $9 billion in revenue.
and they're arguing over $16 million or less. less than 2/10 of 1% of the available revenue.