Lock Out Is Over And I Couldn't Be Happier

Their was a moment in time where I thought that the NFL wouldn't return for another epic season, but thank God the millionaires and billionaires figured it out.  With some players done for the season already and only one preseason game being missed, the National Football League seems to be back on track and stronger than ever.

Even though I may get hung for this next point by some people, I feel like I'm right.  I do believe that the players had all the right in the world to hold out as long as they did.  Though I do believe it could be been taken care of sooner, their points were made.  The average NFL career spans 3.7 years, which isn't much at all.  Think about it in this light, you play from Pee-Wee to junior high to high school to college and then maybe you'll get to the pros.  That's basically your whole lifespan playing the sport that you love.  When thinking about it like that, they had the right to fight back.  Health care for present and past players was necessary.  Any union would of fought for that.  John Unitas couldn't dial a phone and some were in mental care due to the consistent hits.

 As for the owners, I get their points.  Some teams were going in the whole like Jacksonville.  Some states just don't really care about their teams and Jacksonville ain't that bad.  Another example of this can be found in Major League Baseball with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.  They are one of the best teams in MLB with a horrible stadium and people that don't care, but enough about baseball, it's time for football.  Every business owner, big or small, wants to have a great profit and lost margin.  They want more money than what they invested, so I can see why they were holding out as well.  Make the most that you can, but at what cost?

With that being said, Larry Fitzgerald in his 2nd preseason game reminds us why we love this sport of Football!  I don't think this can be topped, so I'm going on record on saying that this is the catch of the year already.  Judge for yourself.






Thank you Larry Fitzgerald for reminding everyone why the NFL is mandatory in life!


Til Next Time,


Alex Viruet
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