Merchandise revenue is divided among all the teams. If San Antonio got a team, they'd probably sell more San Antonio Widgets gear than they sell Cowboys gear and Jerry Jones would make more money. Jerry Jones gets 60 percent of the gate on all home Cowboys games, which are almost always sold out anyway, and people from San Antonio aren't exactly taking up seats that would otherwise go unsold. Unless they're buying a load of luxury suites, they don't factor in either.
If San Antonio got a team Jerry Jones would be happy if it means more money for the Cowboys, and he'd be happy for Jerry. There's a case to be made that a team in SA would be financially beneficial to him, so there's no reason for him, or any other NFL owner, to oppose it. Beyond that I'm quite sure the city rarely enters into his thought process. Those people that think he's expending any effort to prevent them from having a team think far too highly of themselves.
Five of the top ten most populous cities in Texas are in the DFW area. San Antonio means slightly less to Jerry Jones than Mesquite or Carrolton.
Ok. I see what you are saying. But without sounding like I am thinking too highly of myself; I still don't think he would like it if SA got a team.
However I never knew that merchandise sales were divided among the teams. Does the same go for the NBA?
there's no reason to oppose it unless the other owners feel that they can get another owner to operate out of LA.
All of the owners would love nothing more than to get a piece of that LA market, yet none of them want to be the ones to go there since LA is such an apathetic football town in regards to getting stadiums built.
I don't know how the NBA does it.
I did a little looking around and found some evidence that teams can set up partnerships to sell "officially licensed" team gear and don't have to share the revenue. Jerry had a setup like that with JC Penney some years back. I'm not sure if it's the revenue from the gear sales or just the partnership, but he's always going to find ways to get his own team a compe ive advantage if he can. If San Antonio were a huge revenue source for him, it wouldn't be surprising to find that he's blocking their getting a new team for his own reasons, but typically cities that are ready get a serious look, and San Antonio, as much as I love it, isn't ready yet.
Why isnt this in the NFL forum?
Good question.
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