I will admit that it’s a bit premature of me to discuss this when it’s quite possible that everything will be back to normal sooner rather than later.  Lets be honest though, do you really think that will be the case? If you saw just a few minutes of the coverage in Wisconsin over whether the state should be able to take away collective bargaining rights of the unions, then you should believe that the owners and the players in the NFL are no closer to resolving their problems.  Basically what I’m going to do is lay down exactly how I feel and what most of you already feel about this situation.  Now I’ve had a few days to think it over, but one thing is absolutely clear in my mind.  It came down to billionaire owners fighting with millionaire players.  Exactly what they said wouldn’t happen.

You can try to say that you don’t want there to be a lockout and that you want the players that you pay so much money to be able to play the game they love.  That was a big fat lie with the 9 billion dollars you had set aside in television revenue to divide amongst yourselves when you locked out the players if it should come to that.  Basically you guys had a stash of petty cash to help soften the blow you would have when there was no money to be had.  You tried to act like something you weren’t, but I didn’t fall for it.  Even if you hadn’t had the 9 billion set aside, I still believe for a second that you guys care about anything but your bottom line.  Be honest with yourselves.  You want to save as much as possible and you have every right to do that.  Don’t lie through your teeth and tell me otherwise.  Quit trying to put a happy face on it.  You all waited til the last minute to talk and look where it got you.

I get that DeMaurice Smith is the new man in charge and he is changing things for the better for his clients.  One thing I want to ask though.  What the hell was up with that hat he was sporting this past week (pictured above)?  Are we back in the 1920s?  Is it the style to look like your apart of the mafia?  He sure was playing hardball with the owners.  Again, that’s his job.  He didn’t back down from a lot of things.  Namely wanting to see the owners financial dealings as far back as ten years.  He and most of the players don’t want an 18 game schedule unless they are compensated.  My only problem is that you knew of the owners intentions for wanting an 18 game schedule since the middle of the season.  If you wanted to see the owners finance books as far back as a decade, why did you wait until March to ask for it?  Why the hell did you wait until February to start talking with the owners?  Sure, the owners didn’t have any urgency to talk either, but take the initiative and control the situation from the start.  Quit acting like you’re doing some good by waiting until the last minute.  To me, this is exactly what you wanted.  No shock at all.  You’re going to drag this along as long as you can and feel you’ve accomplished your ultimate goal of dismantling the NFL owners.  That’s nice and all, but I don’t like phony people and you are one with a capital P.

Don’t take my word for anything.  This is my observation and I believe that every single person involved screwed this up royally.  There is still plenty of time before the season is scheduled to start, but I believe that both sides are so far apart that it will take a miracle for them to come to an agreement before that date.  The entire month of March has been a big lie.  Somehow we were to believe that both sides were making some progress, but all the non-stop coverage gave us no new information at all.  The fact is Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith hate each other.  They don’t want to see their side lose no matter what.  This is the biggest cash cow in the sports realm in America.  I would want a big slice of that pie too.  I figured there would be a lockout and that the season would be interrupted or cancelled altogether. I hope that’s not true, but don’t be surprised if it is.  No one wins.  Everyone loses.