Vikings DE Jared Allen on Packers Financial Report
Minnesota Vikings All-Pro defensive end Jared Allen, the team's alternate player rep, issued a statement tonight in regards to the release of the Green Bay Packers' financial report.
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Minnesota Vikings All-Pro defensive end Jared Allen, the team's alternate player rep, issued the following statement tonight in regards to the release of the Green Bay Packers' financial report.
"I agree with Kevin Mawae," Allen said. "First it was 18 percent, then it was 18 games. I can't believe that a CBA couldn't be done quickly if teams gave us the same information that Green Bay just did."
As the NFL's only publicly-owned franchise, the Packers are required to make their finances public. Today, they announced that while their net profit increased from $4 million to $5.2 million for the fiscal year ending March 31. Despite taking in a record-high $258 million in revenue, the Packers' operating profits decreased from $20.1 million to $9.8 million.
The team blamed increasing player costs as the reason for their decrease in operating profits.
Mawae, the NFL Players Association president, issued this statement late Wednesday afternoon.
"It’s 1/32nd of the financial information we’ve requested in response to their demand that we give back $1 billion and increase our risk of injury by playing two additional games."

