The NFL's CBA Blame Game.....BORING!

Every time the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement comes up for renewal, the jockeying, preening and political posturing begins on both sides. Players and Owners desperately blaming and pointing fingers at each other for the perceived "negatives" about the game's economics.  

Owners claiming they are hemorrhaging money, while refusing to prove it. Players claiming the labor force is impoverished and cannot afford to continue with life after the game, etc.

When in fact, the "NEGOTIATIONS" are really just a DOG and PONY show put on for the benefit of the public. 

As fans we really should be focused on what a JOKE this whole process has become, because no matter what side of this debate you agree with, it's FANS like us that are getting the largest hose job in history.

The Salary Cap is, without a doubt, the single largest component for the games success today. It is what keeps the leagues wealthiest, large market teams from buying championships every year, and economically starving out the smaller markets. Ensuring parity and the "any given Sunday" metaphor or cliche.

A little-known yet completely true fact is that the Salary Cap DOES NOT protect OWNERS from "GREEDY" players.

THE SALARY CAP PROTECTS THE OWNERS FROM EACH OTHER. 

No one is FORCING owners to pay these salaries to players. They, by their actions have created the problem and now they want to shift the blame.

Players get what they get because at least 1 of 32 will pay them what they ask. As long as owners are desperate to win, fans insist on performance, and ratings determine revenue, the problem will always exist.

So, let's cut the CRAP shall we? Major League Baseball has still not recovered from the last STRIKE. The NHL has never recovered from the last lockout. The NFL will never recover from a strike or work stoppage.