Ladies and gentleman, the NFL lockout is now within 11 days, and still no agreement despite mediation.
Now a lot of you don't know that the lockout is almost upon us, and even more don't understand that if a lockout is put into affect than there will be no professional football for the 2011 and 2012 season. That right there in my opinion would be a travesty, though my wife would think otherwise. But, that's not the point, the point is that there is a 9 billion dollar, yes that's BILLION with a "B", business that is about to lose a lot of their support simply for the fact that they can't quite decide where to put the money. Today I'll be going through and giving you a general idea of the details of the what the players and the owners want.
Now the one of the biggest keys to this lockout is that if it does happen it's going to be an owner's lockout, not a players one. Not that it makes it any better, but it's a start. The big concern for the owners, is the revenue sharing that was implemented in the last Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA. The owners are currently getting just under half. While the other half is going to the players, and the owners want to go to an 18 game season.
The players are trying to keep the upper hand on the revenue and are wanting an extended health care plan up to around 5 years after they retire. The players also want to cut out games in the season, mainly two to three preseason games.
The big picture and the main points for all of these guys is this: You are making 9 BILLION dollars in this business! Suck it up, and understand that players need a little more healthcare. Owners want to be able to charge more money for games in order to make more money, which in turns lets them pay for the healthcare! It's a two way street. Sheesh, if I didn't know any better you'd think none of the owners OR players were married!
That's all for now. Tomorrow Stars talk!
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