Is Anyone Really Excited for Football?

The lockout that has stalled the beginning of the football pre-season is finally over. Players can now attend their summer workouts, free-agents can be signed, and no games needed to be cancelled. This lockout has always been a battle of the greedy against the greedier, a battle between have lots and the have more. Meanwhile, fans are on hold, waiting to cough up thousands of dollars for those precious unattainable seats in the standing-only section. There's no doubt that Football has quickly become America's sport. I mean the Super Bowl is practically a National Holiday nowadays. People gather families together every Sunday for a football game and dinner, and this is precisely why this lockout has left a bad taste in my mouth. Did it really need to take so long to solve something so unimportant and against the wishes of the fans and families that have made football so popular?

It's hard enough being a baseball fan, especially a Yankee fan, without feeling at least a little guilty about rooting for players that make insane amounts of money. Even the lefty-specialist for a team makes a hundred times more than our police and firemen.

As I write this, the news on sportsradio is filled with blips and blurs about the newest free-agent signings in the NFL. Ochocinco to the Pats. Kolb to the Cardinals. Asomugha to the Jets (potentially). And they there's Brett Favre, hiding in the shadows, looking to come off retirement AGAIN. This isn't exactly exciting news to begin with. I'm sorry to the fans who missed talking about this stuff for so long, and are psyched for the season to begin, but seriously, get over it. The NFL only broke up the lockout because the lockout went far enough before the owners would start losing the first dollars coughed up by fans.

This year, me and Brittany are living without cable. And it's awesome. There's plenty of cheaper alternatives. The only thing I thought I would miss is Football Sunday, and Monday, oh and Thursday (sometimes). Frankly, I think I'll survive without football this season.