Quote: Michael_Ward "The NFL have a salary cap and draft system that massively holds back the biggest teams. Why? For the overall good of the sport.'"
The salary cap only holds back Dallas & Washington, the rest of the owners prefer the salary cap ($120m this season!). The draft...again the best teams tend to be the best drafters too.
There's a ton of things that RL could copy from the NFL though to improve every team, here's 2 things they do that helps spread the wealth:
League kit/merchandise contract - revenue paid by Nike + all sales (minus ones sold in the club shops) split 33 ways (32 teams + the league)
Tickets - All ticket sales minus season ticket sales & VIP seats are split 33 ways.
Those 2 things are probably the biggest thing the NFL do for the good of the sport over the good of certain teams....oh and they don't agree to sponsorship deals that involve no money but a couple of trucks