I'm taking a quick break from the pop culture world to write about my next favorite love--sports.
The NFL has now locked out its players over 100+ days and I've been mostly indifferent to the whole fiasco. This is not necessarily because it's millionaire players versus multi-millionaire owners. It primarily has to do with the coverage is a general snoozefest.
If I were to follow daily reports on the NFL, which I haven't, I would see that so and so is meeting with the Kumquat Group but nothing has been settled. Boring. Like Dan Patrick mentioned early on when the lockout began, "wake me when it's over and there is a settlement". I agree completely.
Lately I've heard there have been secret meetings the last two weeks and more are planned this week. There's also a rumor all will be settled by July 15th (next Friday). I won't hold my breath, but it appears the season might not be in shambles. And even if it is, at least I know Mizzou's season is just about two months away (Sept 3 vs Miami, OH). So losing some pro games won't be a huge loss since college will still kick off late August no matter what happens with the NFL.
On a related note, last week the NBA officially locked out their players. Charles Barkley speculated their entire season could be in jeopardy, while Commissioner David Stern said these issues take a life of their own, but "some" games might be lost. Wow.
The NHL already lost an entire season due to labor issues and seem to just now be getting their footing back. MLB is okay for now but their agreements expire at the end of this year. As Slim Pickens' character Taggart says in Blazing Saddles, "What in the wide, wide world of sports is a-goin' on here?"
