NFL Broadcast Contracts

The NFL has agreed with CBS and Fox for a contract worth $8 billion over the next six years starting after the 2005 season. The negotiations between ABC and the NFL over the Sunday night games and Monday night games has not yet been finalized. Do you think that there is too much money involved in getting the rights to the NFL games? As of now, the revenue is split evenly between the teams in the league. Should the larger market teams who have more of a fan base along with popularity get more money than the smaller market teams? The deals give the NFL the option to move seven late-season games from Sunday to Monday night to feature more attractive matchups. The NFL also can develop late-season prime-time satellite or cable packages of eight games, which would be televised on Thursdays and Saturdays. Or the league could take those eight games and show them regionally in prime-time telecasts on Sundays and Mondays. What do you think about all of the money being put up for broadcats and the NFL? What is your opinion of the article?