Special Master Stephen Burbank has upheld the NFL's implementation of the supplemental revenue sharing program adopted along with the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Professor Burbank rejected the union's claim challenging the NFL's application of the qualifiers used to determine how the supplemental revenue sharing funds have been distributed to NFL clubs.
The ruling means that there has been no shortfall in the distribution of those funds, as the union claimed. Supplemental revenue sharing will average approximately $107 million for each of the 2006-09 seasons, which represents a small percentage of the nearly $6.5 billion that will be shared among NFL teams this year, the most extensive revenue sharing in sports.
