Rich Mckay Quotes


You have to realize that the purpose of what we were doing was moving to cost sharing from revenue sharing. Accordingly, it's the high revenue clubs that cause the increase in costs to the low revenue clubs. Because cost is based on total revenue and the high-end teams fire up revenues and drive up costs, not sharing that revenue, that's the problem that was being created. - Rich McKay



Yes, I would, absolutely... There are prototypes that have proven somewhat true over the years. I think it's valid, and there's something to that. But I'm never going to look at just one or two guys and live by that deduction. You cheat yourself doing that. The Florida receiver thing makes a nice story, and it is supportable with the names you've got to work with, but that kind of trend is true in a lot more places than just Florida, and it's true at more positions than just receiver. - Rich McKay



Yes, games will probably get a little longer... You're always conscious of the length of games. It's not something you want to encourage. But we felt we had to do something about passing yardage going down. - Rich McKay



Without a doubt, the player costs are highest in this deal, and a good portion of the burden is going to fall hardest on the lower-revenue clubs. But we did what was in the best interest of the entire National Football League [by reaching an accord]. - Rich McKay