Originally posted by DesiDez:
Owners.
1) they opted out of the current CBA
2) They planned the lockout all along...look at the TV contracts they tried to negotiate if there would be no football.
But in reality I don't blame the owners for asking for more money, just like the don't mind the salaries that players make. This is America. If you haven't noticed, there are lot of rich people who make a lot of money and they aren't humanitarians, they aren't curing cancer, they're not doctors, or social workers, etc...No one complains about how much Oprah makes, or Rush Limbaugh, or Warren Buffet, or actors/actresses. So I don't care how much Arod, Tiger Woods, Kobe, etc make. If you don't like how much athletes make, then don't watch them play sports.
Personally, I don't like the socialism in the NFL. I'd rather it be run on a purely free market model like the EPL. No salary cap, no draft (free to choose your employer and not rewarding the crappy teams with high draft picks), no age restriction, no revenue sharing. Let the market determine your value. Yes, the big market teams/deep pocket owners will dominate sports but so what? Who said life is supposed to fair?
Christ, Gandhi, Mother Teresa...
[ Edited by dtg_9er on Mar 13, 2011 at 12:37:28 ]