How is this legit? The NFL's popularity increases year after year. It is the #1 past time in the US, making tons of money. Players, coaches and staff are to take pay-cuts. Fans spend more money. Owners hoard all the dough. Are we really supposed to abide by this? It's an outrage and I don't get it.
Surely our judicial system has our backs, right? They should be able to sort this mess out. Oh! That's right. They can't because we have a total split of political ideologies in our country. Government represents its people and vise versa. Damn!
On one side of the split, we have those who are mislead to believe that we need to reinforce capitalism by supporting greed. The other side, those who are mostly neutral, also struggle with this theory because being rich is often confused with achieving the American dream. "If I made it rich then I wouldn't want anyone to take it away from me," is the notion. So, owners are just doing what anyone else, with that notion, would do if they were in their situation. These convictions make the filthy rich false symbols for the American dream. Contemptuously call them, "the real American idols."
If we conclude our reasoning about the NFL lockout this way then we will give in. The 2011 season will commence thanks to our sacrifice. We will pay more money. We will give plenty to those who already have it all. We will watch our favorite players get more injured (Cole, Yahoo Sports). This is not the base for the original American dream where everyone was supposed to get "a piece of the pie." That's true capitalism. Instead we live in a type of structure where we always owe to someone. It is debt-ism.
I will go further to the left than most are willing to. The teams should belong to the fans. We should be allowed to invest in our own hobby as a committee of owners. It's fitting that the winners of the Superbowl, the Green Bay Packers, are the ones that prove that concept can be a reality (Murray, NPR). Congratulations to them. They deserve it.
A Sign of Humanity from an Owner
The Baltimore Ravens owner, Steve Bisciotti, at first cut pay to the team's coaches and staff then refunded the money. "Until those owners get religion the way Bisciotti did, I'm going to regard them as sinners . . . " (Silver, Yahoo Sports).
Sources
NFL owners opt out of CBA
Owners bullying coaches, staffers with pay cuts
Expect injury totals to rise following lockout
In Green Bay, Packers Fans Are 'Owners,' Too
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Good post son. More people should stop at the commish's corner.
ReplyDeleteYou said it! The people need to get together and boycott the NFL! Thats right! I said it. Do not watch or attend a single game until we get what we want! After all, what is the NFL without fans? Just a bunch of guys throwing and kicking a pigskin ball! Sad it has to come to this!
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