lockout,or not...

this is very strange to talk about:the owners have locked out the players,basically,and both sides are not talking,at all... there is an injunction hearing the first week of April,to force owners to lift lockout,which,in my opinion,is a long shot... the key date for season to start on time is around July 15th,but there is a big problem:money... it all comes down to the almighty greenback,and how to divide the nine billion dollar pie,between owners,and the players... there is a class action lawsuit filed by eight NFL players pending,and the owners want a billion dollars' profit off the top,and an eighteen game season,which the players oppose,on simple grounds,of player fatigue... the players want a fund set up for retired players,and i do not mean players who have retired recently... i mean the old-time players,circa 1980,and before,who honestly have a measly pension,from the NFL,or no pension,at all... the players want a medical study done on head injuries,because there have been quite a few players with dementia,and other brain ailments,who have died recently... all that will be resolved,but all free agents can not be signed,at all,including all draft picks,from this year's upcoming NFL draft,until there is a collective bargaining agreement is in place... i really expect it to be resolved,by late August/early September,which means a shorter season this year,like in 1987... i do not honestly believe that both players,and owners want to go the way of the NHL,in 2005,when the NHL became the only professional league,to scrap a season... they would lose the honest goodwill of the fans,if they did that route... remember the 57 day NFL strike,in 1987,where scabs were used to play NFL football... it stunk,and there was a movie made about that strike,called,"The Replacements",with Keanu Reeves,and Gene Hackman,in which the Washington replacements beat the Dallas team,in which most of Dallas' stars crossed the picket line... actually,in 1987,Washington Redskins' players refused to cross picket line,en masse,so the scabs,in Redskins' gear,did beat Dallas,and Dallas had most of their starters,in the game... one of the Dallas Cowboys lowest points,in their storied history,i might add... by the way,who won the Super Bowl that year? the Washington Redskins,who actually worked out,as a team,without coaches... Joe Theismann gathered the team together on a high school football field to work out together,many times,during that strike... who actually knows what will happen this year? neither side wants to scrap the season,so i expect them to get it resolved,but honestly who knows...