Deadlines Are For Idiots ………………

Deadlines Are For Idiots ………………. I’m not so sure that I can really take much more of the idiocy now going on with regard to the impasse between the NBA and NBPA . Two sides that now seem on course for what could very well turn out to be a contentious divide between the two [...]

Are You Up For That ?

Are You Up For That ? Ah get a litany of lawyers in a room to try and draw up an agreement between two parties as part of the resolution process in a negotiation is like extracting several teeth without the use of a pain killer . Neither side will be truly happy at all [...]

Running On Empty …………..

Running On Empty I’m finally beginning to calm down given the situation concerning the NFL lockout as it pans out and the fact that over a prolonged period we have the team owners now saying that they are closer to a compromise. The season starts on the 3rd September and I fully believe that it [...]

Now For The Good News ………………..

Now For The Good News ……………………… Well perhaps the biggest story of the weekend had to be that the death of Osama Bin Laden had finally bitten the dust after a covert operation by the US military that took out the terrorist who was being harbored in Pakistan just outside the nation’s capital of Islamabad [...]

It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It …….. That’s What It’s All About ….

It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It …….. That’s What It’s All About …. Well it has come about and the NFL has now its first work stoppage in almost twenty five years. In not being able to reach an amicable agreement at the twelfth hour having twice extended the [...]

Take Me At My Word …… !

Take Me At My Word …………. Well the idiocy of the NFL labor talks continue unabated and much like the stupidity of the Congress and Senate in trying to reach a compromise , here the two sides are so far apart that you could drive a Mack Truck through the chasm of their division. The [...]

Autopsy Of A Season ……….. The San Diego Chargers

Autopsy Of A Season ……….. The San Diego Chargers So much was expected of the San Diego Chargers for the 2010 season but given what we know about this team and their tendency to merely play each season by their halves it wasn’t a surprise that 2010 fell apart in the way that it did. [...]

Can’t We All Just Get Along …. ?

Can’t We All Just Get Along ……….. March 4th and the deadline for the current NFL collective bargaining agreement expires and one would’ve thought that the NFL hierarchy led by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would by now be closer to negotiating an agreement with Executive Committee of the NFLPA led by Executive Director DeMaurice Smith [...]

The NFL Cares Because… It’s Because We’re Told So …. Not Because It Is So ….. !

The NFL Cares Because… It’s Because We’re Told So …. Not Because It Is So ….. ! The NFLPA , NFL and team owners have been complicit in fostering an illicit drug habit amongst their players. And nowhere is it more prevalent than now with current and retired players using at an alarming rate higher [...]

Did It Work For You ?

Did It Work For You ? Well the NFL __ preseason has now started and a number of teams are looking to find a rhythm and sense of where they’re at before the regular season begins. Though I’ve never put much store in the preseason the way that some fans do. I do however believe [...]