Today both the NFL and the Player's Unions are jockeying back and forth trying to give their spin on who is trying the best to meet half way and end the upcoming labor dispute in the NFL. I can tell you right now I am against any union where the individuals have their own personal contracts and then have a union has a contract on top of that. Just doesn't make since to me. Seems a union everyone ought to be working on the same pay scale.
I find it very hard to believe that either side can get sympathy because one side wants to cut the insurance or even the owners who say the clubs are not making enough money. They use as an example the Green Bay Packers who made less than 10 million dollars profit last year. Am I suppose to feel sorry for them only making 10 million. I find it hard for Joe average fan to care for all the poor mouthing from both sides when they all even the last guy on the roster made $460,000 last year.
The contract ends March fourth and I doubt we will see the first couple of preseason games anyway because the players hate them so why not sit, but by the third preseason game then they are effecting their playing shape for the real season. I suspect for the next five month all we will hear is one side jawing over how poor the other side is bargaining and it will be just like political campaigns we will be so glad when they are over.
I have had 24 hours to chew on last night's National Anthem and having been in front of TV camera's or like the state championship basketball game last year that Wes and I did on the radio last year when everyone that wasn't at the game was listening all over the world there is a lot of pressure on any person to preform.
111 million people were watching last night and who knows but Christine Agularia just might have choked in front of the world. She probably knew the words but the pressure ate her alive when it was time to go. I hope the NFL didn't let her go on last night not evening knowing whether she knew the words or not. Agularia is on the backslide in her career and she may have been hoping that if she did well last night that her career would get a jump start over again. I suspect you have seen the last of her.
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The NFL needs to be very very careful with it's fans. Americans can be very fickle if they think they are being played a fool. Look no further than the mlb strike in the mid 90's, and that was "America's" pasttime. The NFL has an great product and with the fantasy world as popular as it is, NFL better not try and get cute with this. NFL/NFLPA better come to the table and get serious, because the fans dont want to hear compliants or reasoning for why your bickering over a billion dollar industry. Fans are resulted oriented and it doenst matter how the NFL gets it done, it simply needs to get done.
The NFL needs to be very very careful with it's fans. Americans can be very fickle if they think they are being played a fool. Look no further than the mlb strike in the mid 90's, and that was "America's" pasttime. The NFL has an great product and with the fantasy world as popular as it is, NFL better not try and get cute with this. NFL/NFLPA better come to the table and get serious, because the fans dont want to hear compliants or reasoning for why your bickering over a billion dollar industry. Fans are resulted oriented and it doenst matter how the NFL gets it done, it simply needs to get done.
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