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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Here is an expansion question/topic I don't think we have touched on, how will this effect the salary cap? Will they just calculate as normal with 30 teams and more or less assume/hope Vegas will draw league average revenue in year 1? Because if an expansion team doesn't draw at least league average revenue in the first year it could cause the cap to drop even with the escalator and would cause even larger escrow payments. Or is the seemingly impossible a possibility and we see a small salary decrease of ~3.2% (~6.4% if there are two teams) to factor in the new jobs created by expansion?
I assume at this point they would calculate the cap as usual and assume/hope Vegas will reach the average in league revenues as I am sure year 1 is the biggest revenue year for a new club due to merchandise sales.
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Based on the ticket sales, projected merchandise sales, and primarily the fact that the biggest television contact in the region being based around the LV 51s AAA baseball team, I'm quite sure that if the league expands, they will gain AT LEAST, league average revenue.
If not, why bother?