"Deferrals at some point can become problematic. Historically, we did have one franchise, Arizona, that got itself into financial difficulties as a result of excessive deferrals. We've strengthened our rules in terms of the funding of deferred compensation in order to avoid that kind of problem. But, you know, look, obviously the bigger the numbers get, the bigger the concern."
"That assures that the money's going to be there for the player to get paid. It doesn't solve all of the ownership-side issues in terms of, you go to sell the club, you're selling a club with a big mortgage on its future."
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