The 2011 NFL Draft has come to an end. Instead of heading to team facilities, the new draft picks are on hold, as are the veterans of every club. The lockout has been re-instated. For now. Which means that only the first round picks who were able to make it to their new clubs' offices were able to obtain playbooks. How crazy is it that A.J. Green has a playbook to study, but his new quarterback with the Bengals, Andy Dalton, does not. Perhaps they can share. I have no idea.
But what I do know is that this madness needs to end. From a fan's point of view, you have billionaire owners and millionaire players fighting over the crumbs of the pie. I know it is more complex than that. It just doesn't seem that way to fans who shell out their hard earned money and, perhaps more importantly, their loyalty.
So the action of the NFL now heads back to the courts. Draft picks will wait to workout and get signed. Free agents will wait to negotiate with teams before they can sign. Undrafted free agents will wait, and wait, and wait. I cannot picture a fall without NFL football. If the clubs and players have to revert to 2010 rules then so be it. Let's get back to work. The fans at the draft chanted at Commissioner Goddell 'We Want Football!' The commish replied 'So Do I.' OK, then. Prove it. End the lockout. Sign a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. And let's get back to football.
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