With our recent discussions in class about the majority of the clubs in Europe not being profitable, the article attached shows some of the glaring differences between the NFL and the EPL. Most notably is the salary cap and salary floor that exists in the NFL, meaning that there is a maximum and minimum in which a player can be paid. The EPL has no real system like that in place so to be competitive, teams are paying players astronomical amounts of money. The second main aspect has to do with a much more equitable distribution of TV revenues among all the teams in the NFL, and there are other more detailed factors that will never allow a team to go into debt. Financial Fair Play might help alleviate some of the looming bankruptcies of EPL teams, but I am having trouble understanding why the EPL has not taken a few notes from the governance and culture of the NFL.

http://warroomsports.com/blog/2014/01/27/the-nfl-vs-epl/