Quote:I was under the impression that with the TV money that teams split up, it was almost impossible for teams to lose money on their bottom line. Correct or incorrect?

CORRECT! Although it can be done, the teams would have to spend recklessly to do so...The TV revenue is enough to cover every teams salary cap for the year...

"But even at the low end, the money NFL teams get from the league’s national TV deals is greater than the salary cap amount.


In 2013, for example, the cap was $123 million. This year, it is $133 million, the first major increase under the collective-bargaining agreement signed in 2011 — but well less than the $158 million in national TV money each club will get for the coming season, sources said." http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/07/21/Finance/NFL-revenue.aspx 

 

Granted this is not the entire expenditure each team spends annually, but it's the greatest expenditure they have to spend

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