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NFL Player Lockout: One For You, Two For Me
Have you ever watched an action movie where you cheer for the bank robbers to get away with the crime? Just when you think their done, they do one more big job getting them busted due to greed and betrayal.
That is kind of what the NFL is going through right now with a potential 2011 player’s lockout the league is facing.
The NFL has hired the same lawyer that negotiated the NHL player’s lockout that cost the league an entire season. That situation has played itself out similar to the career of Gary Colman.
NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith believes that the owners are intent on locking out the players in 2011. They are doing this so they can get new CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) deal that will favor the owners.
If a deal is not done by March, the NFL will play without a salary cap in 2010, but they claim they have installed safeguards so the Giants don’t end up like the Yankee’s. I can only imagine it now; the Giants sign all of the NFC Pro Bowl starters.
At a time when work is hard to come by, are the owners really going to put people out of work? Who will benefit from a lockout? Will the Players give in so the fans can have their favorite pass time?
Can’t We All Just Get Along
Currently the leagues total revenue is about 8.5 billion dollars, 60 percent of that goes to the players and 40 percent of that goes to the owners. There is something wrong with this picture, millionaires are fighting over billions.
It feels like horse racing to me, the NFL owners are the horse owners. The players are like the jockey’s and we the fans are the horses. The Fans (horses) do the majority of the work and only receive a nice stadium (stable) to drink, eat, and defecate.
The Green Bay Packers are a publicly owned team and therefore obligated to make their balance sheets public. In June, the Packers declared a 20.1 million dollar profit for the fiscal year ending in March 31st, 2009.
A small market like Green Bay brings in 20 million in one year and also shares 40 percent of 8.5 billion dollars.
The closer we get to a lockout, the harder it will be to try and explain how the owners are having financial struggles. Someone please explain how Americas favorite league is going to cease over 8.5 billion, when people search for .85 cents to feed the meter outside the unemployment office.
Dear NFL, Thank You! Sincerely Other Sports
I think we can all agree that the fans are the biggest losers in this whole situation.
The biggest winners from this possible greedy mess, has to be all other sporting leagues. Especially leagues that have some overlap like the NBA and NHL. Also, the MLB would get a great amount of added attention during its overly drawn out playoff format.
All major networks will be forced to fill the amount of time normally dedicated to the NFL. Hockey commissioner Gary Bettman, must be praying for this to happen so hockey games can be played on regular cable again. No offense Versus.
Major tennis events will get more play, but fans will only be mildly interested by the lack of talented Americans and the dominance of guys with to many consonants in their name.
Golf could make some good headway back to the forefront, if the tour gigolo (Tiger Woods) can come back in dominating fashion.
Who knows what could happen to the world of MMA, football fans missing their barbaric Sunday action could join the child abused group of misfits that follow MMA.
We don’t know for sure this will happen, but what we do know, is if there is a work stoppage everyone involved will be worse off. I am starting to think that this thing is an elaborate conspiracy to get Brett Favre to finally retire.
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