This is what I've been thinking for the past couple of months regarding the NFL and the NFLPA: get over yourselves and get a deal done. That's really the bottom line. I'm as happy as anyone that there wasn't a lockout officially declared tonight, but the 24-hour extension may have just delayed the inevitable.
Is anyone else perturbed by the thought of millionaires arguing with other millionaires about millions of dollars? The NFL is a $9,000,000,000,000-plus industry. Yes, that's 12 zeros. You'd think that a room full of millionaires could figure something out with that much revenue instead of saying "that's not fair" over and over again.
What's not fair is the fact that millions of NFL fans across the world are impatiently waiting for a deal to be done. When will someone realize that the fans are what matter? Everything they're doing is for the fans.
Fans don't care about millionaires making more money, we care about watching what we love. The NFL couldn't exist without the fans. It's not about the winning—the fans are, as ...
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