Following the NFL over the last few months has been like sitting in between two junior high girls while they fight over Justin Beiber tickets. We’ve been right in the middle of a fight between millionaires and billionaires over sums of money that 99.9% of us are unable to conceptualize. And, most of us don’t care either. At a time when most of the country is still trying to pull itself out of a severe economic depression, the squabbles of a bunch of rich men isn’t really something most people have any time for. For the most part, all we want is football to watch on Sunday afternoons.

I’m so tired of De Smith and Roger Goodell. Now that this is done, I hope I won’t have to see either man for a long time. Of course, that will be impossible in Goodell’s case, but at least he’ll now be talking about something different. Still, that guy has some bridges he needs to build, both with the players and the fans that make all of this money possible. (more…)