Meant revenue. The NFL players get 48.5% of revenue, NBA has roughly a 50/50 split. I don't think it's outlandish, or bullshit, to say the players deserve a 50/50 split
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The issue is the way revenue is divided. In the NFL, "national" revenue is pooled and shared equally. This includes television revenue, merchandizing, licensing, etc. It's their largest chunk of money. In the NBA, the revenue sharing includes ticket sales and concessions. It's very "share and share alike". But MLB has balked at this idea forever. They allow each team to create their own TV deals, and aside from a relatively minor "luxury tax" on salaries, it lacks any sort of comprehensive revenue sharing plan and the disparity between big and small market teams is glaring. To compound the problem, players have fought for years to *not* tie salaries to revenue, as they argued it artificially limited salaries. Which it does limit salaries, but not arbitrarily and it allows the players to share a greater percentage. I think the players have been very shortsighted in this regard.