THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011
PAGE 9A
The Boston Herald
— Mike Ditka, bleacherreport.com
FACT OF THE DAY
On this day in 1989, MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti banned Pete Rose from baseball for life after Rose gambled on the game.
NFL lockout is blessing in disguise
THE MORNING BREW
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present the award for best summer legal show to the NFL.
Yes, I commend the NFL for putting its fans through anguish for 136 days by administering a lockout even though it was a national nightmare that could have been calamitous had it not ended. Both DeMaurice Smith, NFL Players Association (NFLPA) executive director, and Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, win the award for best actor for brilliantly orchestrating the lockout by scaring NFL fans into thinking that a season without football was a strong possibility, yet averting a disaster by ending the lockout just before football season.
During the height of the lockout, with no end in sight, NFL fans pondered life without pro football. Just think about some of the things that would not happen without a pro football season: Sunday tailgating, fantasy football, cheerleaders, a Super Bowl, which
means no Super Bowl commercials or halftime shows, classic play-by-play calls from your favorite NFL entertainers and analysts, memorable sound bites from players and coaches, and most importantly, pro football itself. For many, life without football would be an irreplaceable void.
Similar to boys gravitating toward girls, NFL fans gravitated toward media outlets, such as ESPN, that covered the NFL lockout extensively. NFL players and owners compelled NFL fans to watch them walk around in business suits on
TV while analysts gave fans a crash course on the lockout using legal jargon. If that was not enough for NFL fans, ESPN and NFL Network killed time discussing player rankings, rehashing the 2010 season, making predictions for the 2011 season, and analyzing teams, only to galvanize ravenous fans hungry for football.
With pro football already the most popular sport in America, fans are more excited than ever to watch professional pigskin.
Thank Goodell and Smith for not only saving NFL fans from the annual vacillation show starring Brett Favre, but for strengthening our gratitude for a game deeply embedded in American culture.
For many, the NFL is more than just a pro football league. It is a lifestyle that most don't want tampered with. By halting football operations and essentially threatening to cancel the season, Smith and Goodell made people realize the importance
of their game to society. The short free agency period leading into training camp, arguably the busiest and most captivating free agency period in NFL history, would not have occurred had there been no lockout.
Fans and the media now devote more time to the NFL.The players and owners are finally satisfied with the new collective bargaining agreement and fans are simply
glad that pro football will be on the docket this year. So thank you, NFL, both for having the lockout this summer and ending it just in time for football season. You did a marvelous job capturing your fans' attention by having them tune in to your legal show and appreciate your game even more.
Edited by Jason Bennett
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