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I Remember, NFL...
Written by: MK
22/02/2011
Well, Last Super Bowl was a millionaire hit, Green Bay Packers took the crown, and the game was a success. What can I say; it was like a good movie ending; the cheers, the celebrations, the wine, the fireworks, the party and the spirits of the ancient Green Bay players and coaches in a final and deserving rest.
Well, the time for celebrations is gone and now is the time for the team owners, players, bureaucracy and legal issues that involve money in the middle and most important...greed, maybe some lawyer too. With the end of the 2010-2911 seasons, the possibility for a 2011-2012 looks kind of far far away.
In March 3 the players and the owners should have come to an agreement involving a new collective bargain agreement. The date expired and nothing was concluded. At the end of all, this was a battle between Millionaires and like in any war, the most affected are the innocents; in this case, the Fans. It's like they forget the ones responsible for their huge amounts of money. Aren't we, the Fans, who made their business fructifies?
People spend a lot of money in tickets, food, merchandise and places to stay; all of this just to watch their favorite teams play in one of the major and most lucrative sports ever invented by man, when the time comes to enjoy all that, they forget already the point of doing all those expensive spends, the experience of the Super Bowl just pass to be a matter of second plane. The moment the things start to rip apart, it's the fans that will be more affected. The money will keep coming, but from the Fan pockets; more than others, but Fans at the end.
So, players and owners want more money, so they want to start rising prices just to put more on their pouched bills; but they forget from where that money is coming. If we, the Fans stop letting out our money on those ridiculous prices, the business just simply dies.
It's clear this people just want to get richer, it's known the owners of the franchises are the 1% of the richest persons in the world' followed by the players with a 5% if they are great sports men and 20% for the toons at the practice squad. Lets be realistic, the NFL has become a freak show, just like NBA The cost of the players has increased drastically in the last seasons and now the owners can’t afford the players they want, so they take on the pockets of the fans.
Without Fans, there will be no NFL. The owners and the players should think on the fans. The owners should have their cut, after all it's their business, the players should get their rewards for the show they give and the risks they are taking; I agree, but hey! They should try to find a solution and stop stepping on the Fans!
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