Jedi Mind Tricks

Greetings and salutations all. I figured I'd rant quickly (by my standards) about the NFL since they are "back". Back...hmmm, I didn't know where they actually went. I received several texts referring to fantasy football and of course proclaiming "Football is back". This lockout went on longer than I initially expected, although I never thought they would miss a regular season game. The only casualty from this was the Hall of Fame Game which is the first preseason game and the 1st of 5 preseason game for the 2 lucky teams tagged to play in it this year (4 is the normal amount of preseason games). Aside from some charitable functions and events which the NFL Players Association are affiliated with, I don't think too many people were affected when the NFL left (excluding team employees of course). This lockout was like you missing your co-worker who decides to go on a 2 day vacation on Saturday and Sunday. Under normal circumstances, if you are a fan who ranks somewhere within this scale,




you probably would've gone about your normal summer business and then realized football was back somewhere around preseason week #2. Those that would notice probably rank somewhere in here (which may or may be applicable to yours truly).



Those are under normal circumstances. The NFL somehow benefited from all this legal posturing and became even MORE popular. A friend of mine seemed relieved that the NFL was back until I reminded them that in seasons of recent memory, preseason never started until august. The media hype and constant coverage had the masses feeling like they were missing football NOW as well as in for a rather boring fall and winter. (Perhaps this is when the evil that Ray Lewis spoke of was to take place)... view 1:30-2:15 if you're in a hurry

Whew, crisis averted. I'm glad the issues got resolved and we are now guaranteed to not "miss" football for another 10 years. The veteran players will get more money, lighter training camps and extremely better helthcare coverage after playing. The owners get 52% of the total revenue and massively reduced rookie contracts. The fans get....well, nothing changes on that end.

The whole point is to be back you have to first leave. There hasn't been a missed regular season game in almost 25 years. The NBA, on the other hand, will show you how a lockout is done. Alas, welcome back NFL. I can now click buy now on my sweet, albeit ill marketed, rapper football jersey.


WELCOME BACK