I think it probably goes more to the larger cap puzzle that we're trying to build and remain competitive within the marketplace. In the end, there's only so many dollars to go around.
My parents had family visiting the small town where we all still live. It was the mid-80s, and bowling was just becoming a thing in bigger cities like Sydney.
Schumer tore into FIFA for collecting billions while ticketholders are being 'gouged.' He also blamed the Trump administration for poor planning and oversight, stating, 'These issues all point to FIFA and the Trump administration failing to protect consumers, while not providing more support to local committees and transit agencies to handle the significant new costs to operate during the tournament.'
Nine years ago, Aubrey was playing professional soccer in Toronto. Eight years ago, he was in Pennsylvania looking to extend his soccer career, but that didn't go as planned either, and he wound up using his Notre Dame degree to become a software engineer.
Many in the industry expect a lockout and some even worry about the potential for lost games in 2027. Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman of The New York Post report that the league has put aside a war chest of about $2 billion, roughly $75MM per team, from a central fund to help weather a potentially lengthy stoppage. The MLBPA has made similar preparations but the report doesn't provide specifics for that side.
Players on the winning team in Super Bowl LX will earn a $178,000 league-paid bonus, set by the NFL's collective bargaining agreement (CBA). That's up $7,000 from last year's Super Bowl share. That Super Bowl check comes on top of earlier playoff payouts: wild-card and divisional-round wins each trigger their own fixed bonuses, and a perfect run from wild card weekend through a Super Bowl title would leave a player with as much as about $376,000 in total postseason money this year.
Now that the 2025 NFL season is over, we're looking ahead at just how much work teams that were left out of the playoffs must do this offseason -- and potentially beyond. Which teams need to tear down and regroup? Which should take a new approach to move toward contender status? Which can be in the mix after only a savvy move or two? And which are already trending in the right direction and could contend sooner rather than later?