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by Markschlereth on January 5, 2011 in Blog
Well, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is at it again.
One day after the conclusion of the 2010 regular season, the Commish sent out an
email to some five million diehard fans in which he said that a new collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) was close at hand.
For those of you lucky enough to be summoned from on high, congratulations! I
guess the rest of us common folk will have to settle for googling his
proclamation.
There were three major themes to this piece of propaganda, I mean email.
First, Commissioner Goodell said that in these tough economic times we all need
to tighten our belts, and both players and owners are going to need to make
sacrifices.
That seems fair and reasonable, doesn’t it?
Sure it does. I mean, who hasn’t felt the squeeze of these tough economic
times?
The NFL, that’s who.
The league is an $8 billion (a year!) monopoly. And it seems to me that the
league fat cats want to continue walking around in elastic waist pants while the
players–the guys who actually play the games–are the ones left doing all the
belt tightening.
Let’s get real. Goodell’s “share the pain
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[/h1][h1]King Roger[/h1]
by Markschlereth on January 5, 2011 in Blog
Well, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is at it again.
One day after the conclusion of the 2010 regular season, the Commish sent out an
email to some five million diehard fans in which he said that a new collective
bargaining agreement (CBA) was close at hand.
For those of you lucky enough to be summoned from on high, congratulations! I
guess the rest of us common folk will have to settle for googling his
proclamation.
There were three major themes to this piece of propaganda, I mean email.
First, Commissioner Goodell said that in these tough economic times we all need
to tighten our belts, and both players and owners are going to need to make
sacrifices.
That seems fair and reasonable, doesn’t it?
Sure it does. I mean, who hasn’t felt the squeeze of these tough economic
times?
The NFL, that’s who.
The league is an $8 billion (a year!) monopoly. And it seems to me that the
league fat cats want to continue walking around in elastic waist pants while the
players–the guys who actually play the games–are the ones left doing all the
belt tightening.
Let’s get real. Goodell’s “share the pain
