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National Football League Vs National Basketball Association

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The National Football League and the National Basketball Association are very alike but different in their own ways. Although both the leagues have contracts, a salary cap, and revenue sharing they are both very different. Both leagues have a championship game game where they score high ratings because of their high market players. Curry and Lebron playing against each other in the NBA finals last year generated ratings up to 19.94 million viewers the most all time other than the 1998 Jordan’s Bulls finals. Brady and Wilson playing against each other in the super bowl generated ratings up to 112 million dollars the most all time. This shows the both sports are big but are different. While both are wildly successful major sports leagues, they are very different when it comes to player contracts, revenue sharing, and the salary cap. …show more content…

The NFL handles its contracts based on the team. They offer larger contracts ut end up not paying all the money to the player. The NFL only pays players what they have earned. If a player is offer 100 million dollars to play for a team, and the player only plays for 2 years, the player would only receive 44 million dollars. The NBA guarantees all the money in the contract. NBA players tend to have longer careers and less injuries than NFL players so teams are willing to offer guaranteed contracts to their players. NBA teams don’t offer the same amount of money to its players but end up paying around the same amount of money has NFL teams do with guaranteed contracts. NBA

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