All We Want is Football

Just heard the news NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will be cutting his salary to $1 if there is a lockout. So what? Normally he makes $10 million a year, but does that matter much to fans? Nope. No NFL fans are worried about the details of the strike; we all just want to watch our team on Sundays.

I, for one, do not feel any pity for the players or their health care issues. It's said how they only have an average seven year window to make all the money in their life. Uh, ever heard of a college degree? Rather than retiring and sitting at home and playing golf or whatever, they should actually make use of their free ride through college, and actually take classes, and graduate. No working class Americans want to hear football players whine every day, because they have limited time to make money because 1) That's not the case and 2) Everyone else has to work about 25 years to make not even as much money as the players do in seven. Many NFL players need a reality check once they stop playing (if they've ever even experienced reality, that is, other than playing something they love for money).

I don't feel for the owners, either. They're all just rich guys who do whatever it is owners do. Sit in a luxury box seats with cigars and expensive wine, and occasionally help with the management of a team. They're not worthy of anyone's sorrow; they're just out for even more money than they already have, for, I don't know, their newest collection of private jets, or to buy an island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, if they can't already.

See, the average fan couldn't care less about the details of the dispute. We're not going to side with anyone, we just want to watch the game. Most people would rather all the statistics, with the exception of a possible 18-game season, to be kept private. Whether it's the owners complaining or the players, it makes no difference; rather, we just want all the guys in suits to come to a decision, and get on with the game. Because that's all it is, after all.