They did what they did and they knew there would be consequences. But they won championships doing it. They made the trade-off.
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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
I will say one thing it probably took us more time to discuss it (at preliminary competition committee meetings) and all the different aspects of it this year than any year I can remember in the past. But it is one that has drawn a lot of media attention, and I think the league and the teams have talked a lot about it. We certainly talked a lot about it, and then when we get to Orlando, we'll obviously tell you what our position was. But for now, I'll just say that it is one that's definitely sparked interest.
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Almost from the day I got here, I heard complaints about the field in the indoor facility. It was too hard. Guys would feel like they took a pounding on their legs. The material that was in there before was produced by a company that no longer exists, so it wasn't like we could do anything to make it better.
Rich McKay
The reason we wanted big receivers is based on the offense. The ability to block and be a factor on the inside is a huge factor. In the passing game, tall guys present huge targets as they cross the field. In the West Coast offense, you have so many horizontal routes and you have so many guys crossing the field that you need bigger targets.
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
It's totally untrue. I keep hearing that and I just shake my head. The AFC Championship Game last year may have been the straw that broke the camel's back, but the camel was already well-saddled-up. We were going to do something about it already.
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