The Friscalating Dusklight: An NFL impasse?
Posted on June 30th, 2008 – 4:48 PMBy Michael Rand
Gene Wojciechowski doesn’t bury his sentiment in a recent ESPN.com piece about the NFL. Right up front, in the first and second paragraphs, is this:
Righteous Roger is at it again.
That would be NFL commissioner Roger Goodell — ownership mouthpiece, Pacman Jones probation officer, destroyer of Sypgate evidence. The more Goodell talks, the less I think there will be an NFL season in 2011.
Much of the piece centers around recent comments Goodell made about the rookie salary structure, which we agree is way out of line and would benefit from an NBA-style adjustment. But no football three years from now? We sure hope that’s just a bit of a writer’s scare ol’ Gene is trying to throw into folks. We barely remember 1987, at least in any sort of meaningful way. Wiping out an entire season would be, in a word, brutal. Your thoughts?
10 Responses to "The Friscalating Dusklight: An NFL impasse?"
I think NFL owners are too smart to let that happen. Emphasis on think.
T’would be a shame to have baseball become the national past-time. Again.
Somewhere in Manhattan, Gary Bettman reads this, puts his coffee down, and chuckles to himself as his diabolical plan slowly comes together.
I think it would make Fantasy Football even more interesting. Drafting players based on how much trouble they can get in would be great. That’s a draft I would be interested in.
Or, draft replacement players based on mad libs:
(Position) from (college) who is (defect) and was cut from the (team) training camp in (year).
Just try not to think about the possibility… like the equally-likely possibility that the Vikings will be opening 2012 in Los Angeles anyway.
jama — did you see the email about your COW award?
jama’s 300-word COW submission, “My Top Ten Gary Fencik Masturbation Fantasies,” will run at World of B on Tuesday afternoon.
That’s it–Stu already has my vote for the week. See you all next week.
When will the Twins have a ticket package that allows fans to punch Jesse Crain in the face after he inevitably screws up the game? The demand would be unbelievable, I’m sure.
Dave, I would love that ticket package. However, until tonight, recently it wouldn’t have been utilized - the punching part - nearly enough. The only time he gets wins is by pirating them: giving up the runs of inherited baserunners to get the win in the Twins’ next half-inning.
