NFL Labor Dispute

The 2011 NFL season is possibly going to be canceled due to an ongoing disagreement between the players and owners. There are several main issues at hand, but, possibly the largest is some $4 billion in TV revenue that the owners have refused to give to the players. The players feel that this has been earned by them and their success on the field, thus they should be given a portion of it. George Atallah, the deputy director of the NFL Players Association, stated that, "There was a clear and premeditated plan to lock out the players." Which undoubtedly is true because some anonymous NFL officials told reporters that the $4 billion was kept as "insurance money" if the lockout was to extend into the 2012 season. This ponders the question, why would the owners want to lock the players out? Simple, there would be no player salaries to pay for an entire year or any benefits that go along with that (heal insurance, bonuses, etc). The owners would still make money due to the sale of merchandise and in some instances the various uses of its respective stadiums for events. If a lock out were to occur, the players would almost have to find another job for that whole year unless they had massive amounts of money saved up. In essence, the owners are just keeping their costs down, however at the expense of all their employees. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6215282