Ayo Hanciles
Journalism 1
The NFL (National Football League) is having a lockout that will cut the 2011 season all together, players will have pay cuts, and $160 million dollars will be cut from each city that has an NFL team. Many NFL players and fans are upset about the lockout for many reasons. This lockout is basically about NFL owners wanting more from their players without any justifiable reasons.
If there is not an NFL season in 2011, the NFL owners cost will definitely decrease drastically. Guaranteed television revenues that Ayo Hanciles
The NFL (National Football League) is having a lockout that will cut the 2011 season all together, players will have pay cuts, and $160 million dollars will be cut from each city that has an NFL team. Many NFL players and fans are upset about the lockout for many reasons. This lockout is basically about NFL owners wanting more from their players without any justifiable reasons.
If there is not an NFL season in 2011, the NFL owners cost will definitely decrease drastically. Guaranteed television revenues that had made about $4.5 billion, they had $4.4 billion dollars in player salaries and benefits during a lockout if there is one during the 2011 season. Owners are also willing to sacrifice the sport of football during this lockout, if their is low-cost and less work from the players. During a lockout players are not to even workout in their practice facilities.
“ It won’t work if there is an NFL lockout, because many NFL players will get injured, for sitting for one whole season,” commented NFL Corner back Darelle Revis of the New York Jets. Some NFL players have even started their own workouts with other teammates so they could be fit for the upcoming 2013 NFL season. Some of the teams that are having workouts are the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, San Diego Chargers, and Detroit Lions.
Some NFL players have also tried to get different jobs because of the lockout. Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals is trying out for a Major League soccer team just to try to make some money for a year. This NFL lockout really can affect some players contract because they won’t get paid as much as they use to. To tell you the truth I really can’t just imagine life without an NFL season in America.
The Raiders had the lowest attendance at their games and they can lose a lot of money if there is a lockout in the 2011 season. If the NFL lockout is going to be agreed, upon many teams other than the Oakland Raiders will lose millions of dollars.
I myself do not believe that this 2011 NFL lockout is going to be worth doing. I believe that America is not America without a Super Bowl. Fans of different NFL teams like me, will be very upset that there is not going to be a NFL season. Many players will get injured for sitting a season, stadiums for every team will lose money because there are not going to be games, and NFL owners will lose money to because there won’t be any ticket sales.
