President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will not be getting involved in the football fiasco of how to spend billions of dollars in sports admissions. He is a big football fan and I’m sure he loves those http://www.direct.tv sports channels as much as we do. He swore he’d go to the Superbowl if his Chicago Bears won, however, we all know now the Bears didn’t win and the president didn’t attend the big game, as it turned out.
The players’ union and the NFL gathered for a 10th tense day with a government mediator in Washington DC as they hurried to come up with a plan for sharing the spoils of the game. They raced to abide by the midnight expiration to submit the agreement, but ended up asking if they could have more time. It’s not easy, but both sides at least agreed to a 24-hour extension so the talks could continue.
2011 Football Season is at Risk
If the sides cannot agree by the new deadline, the NFL may dissolve, which will blackout the entire league. It’s hard to believe that anyone would allow that to happen, especially in this economy. There hasn’t been a work-stop in the NFL since ‘87.
Many people and companies depend on those games to provide jobs and advertise and sell products, not to mention the television staff that wouldn’t have the work. The Superbowl would be extinct and all the vendors for that would be out of work. There’s also the staff that run the arena where these games are played, and the arena itself will also lose money. This decision concerns a lot more than just football players and the union. It’s a vicious spiral.
The president said the teams have owners worth a billion dollars, with some of the players making millions on their own, and that they should be able to do this without him. He’s spending his attention on world problems, America’s ability to make mortgage payments and how they’ll pay for their children’s college tuition.
Lets hope that they come to a decision soon and that’s it’s a decision that’s best for all concerned.