NFL Labor Negotiations: 10 Ways to Keep Busy on Football-less Sundays This Fall

NFL labor negotiations may be the scariest combination of three words ever to the average professional football fan.

NFL football has been played on Sundays since the dawn of time.

I actually believe that it was written on the Ten Commandments somewhere. It’s the lost 11th commandment obviously.

11. Thou Shall Watch The NFL on Sundays.

Now, even though things are looking bad, and not having the NFL will undoubtedly usher in the end of the world…

Let’s all take a deep breath and look at ten ways to keep busy on a football-less Sunday:

10. Take Up Cycling

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 22: Lance Armstrong of the USA and Team Radio Shack competes during Stage Five of the 2011 Tour Down Under on January 22, 2011 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)

Imagine the streets flooded with thousands of bored NFL fans wearing those weird spandex jumpsuits.

Actually, on second thought, don’t imagine that.

9. Watch Futbol

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VALENCIA, SPAIN - MARCH 02: Former Valencia player David Villa (R) of Barcelona greets his old teammate Pablo Hernandez of Valencia during the la Liga match between Valencia and Barcelona at Estadio Mestalla on March 2, 2011 in Valencia, Spain. (Photo b

Okay, so you pronounce it a bit differently, and it’s a completely different sport.

But, you can always pretend that everybody is just kicking field goals?

8. Exercise

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MUSCAT, OMAN - DECEMBER 11: Firuz Davlyatov of Tajikistan competes in the Bodybuilding event at Qurum Natural Park during day four of the 2nd Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 on December 11, 2010 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Let’s take all that time we spend in front of the T.V. watching our favorite NFL players and use it to hit the weights.

Who knows, you could end up looking like this guy!

I am not sure if that is a positive...

7. Watch Any Given Sunday

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LAS VEGAS - MAY 01: Actor Jamie Foxx attends the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley welterweight fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Nothing better than Al Pacino yelling gibberish at Jamie Fox for a few hours every Sunday.

6. Pretend You're Watching the NFL

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ARLINGTON, TX - FEBRUARY 06: A Green Bay Packers' fan waits before the Packers take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium on February 6, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Okay, how great would this be!

Imagine what somebody would think when they walk into the room to find you screaming and cheering on your turned off TV.

Priceless.

5. Go to a Pee-Wee Football Game

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9 Dec 1998: General view of the coin toss during the Pop Warner Pee Wee Football Super Bowl at Disney Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Mandatory Credit: Scott Halleran /Allsport

If you really need a football fix just go watch the kids play.

Treat it as if you’re at a real NFL game though!

Do some tailgating, paint your face, and get in a fight.

I’m sure it will go over just fine with the judge

4. Play Madden

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DALLAS, TX - FEBRUARY 03: John Madden speaks during a press conference where he awarded the New England Patriots offensive linemen with the Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award for being this year's best offensive line, as determined by John Madden and

I don’t know how many times I’ve won the Super Bowl in Madden, but I know it happens every time I start a new season.

There has also never been a lockout.

3. Ride Tractors with Brett Favre

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DETROIT, MI - JANUARY 02: Brett Favre #4 of the Minnesota Vikings talks at a post game press conference after a 13-20 loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on January 2, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Perhaps nobody is going to feel the sting of not having the NFL harder than Brett Favre…

Even if he decided to come back again, there would be nothing to come back too!

Maybe he'll spot ya a pair of Wranglers!

2. Party with Charlie Sheen

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I heard that Charlie Sheen is on this new drug.

He calls it…Charlie Sheen.

1. Write a Letter to Roger Goodell Every Sunday

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NEW YORK - JULY 27: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions from the media after reinstating Michael Vick on a conditional basis on July 27, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Dear Mr. Goodell,

Instead of watching football right now I am watching the LPGA.

It is the only thing on.

I hate you.

Love,

Andrew