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[Chito]

Key senator urges financial openness

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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is urging NFL owners to open their financial books to the players' union, arguing that will help resolve a labor dispute.

"Reluctantly, I have come to the conclusion that the only way to sort out this stalemate is for the owners and the league to answer the biggest sticking point: money," Sen. Jay Rockefeller wrote in a Washington Post opinion column on Friday. "What I'd like to see from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the owners is a simple display of good faith: Show the union your books. Don't keep secrets. If there are financial pressures that keep you from agreeing to the revenue-sharing plan proposed by the players, let's see the proof."

Rockefeller, D-W.Va., suggested that a neutral third party review the financial data, remove anything sensitive and prepare an assessment of the league's finances.

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[Mohican83]

But if they open the books it will show they are LIARS.  The NFL owners are doing this because the richer owners didn't like supporting the poorer owners and this is their compromise

[Juan23]

Not going to happen ...

[BuckeyeLakerCub]

Even if they did open the books, they can show losses even if they actually are making profits. I am looking at this in accounting right now there are so many ways to cheat the books.

[BuckeyeLakerCub]

Even if they did open the books, they can show losses even if they actually are making profits. I am looking at this in accounting right now there are so many ways to cheat the books.