The NFL lockout is finally -- finally! -- almost over. The owners and players will reportedly meet early this week with minor issues remaining on the table but it’s widely expected that there are no more deal breakers remaining and a new collective bargaining agreement will be ratified within the next several days.
NFL Lockout Finally Nearing Conclusion
I’ve been wondering how fans will react once the lockout is finally lifted. Will we jump for joy despite the last four months? Or will we hold those last four months against the owners and players?
I’m betting on the former. You see, once the lockout is lifted, we’re immediately going to be talking about free agency. Teams will have a couple of days to digest the new CBA but for the most part they’re going to immediately be preparing for free agency.
The presence of free agency will require our immediate attention, and then training camps open, and then the preseason starts, and then the regular season....we won’t have much time to blame the owners and players for the lockout. The season is set up now so that we roll right into free agency and then the season.
So my guess is that there won’t be a whole lot of blame for the owners or players after the lockout is lifted. We’ll be busy with actual football news (and not court cases and injunctions) and I think most of us would prefer to forget all about the lockout.
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