The Third (and Forgotten) Side of the NFL Lockout

by mdierk on May 20, 2011 2:02 PM MDT

Hello folks! Hope you are enjoying the week before Memorial Day.

I'm sure this has been written and discussed many times since the NFL lockout started. We have seen ups and downs so far. The ups have been the NFL Draft, but that is about it. From the fans point of view, it has mostly been downs. We have seen de-certifications, injunctions, stays and the largest items: appeals, mediation and soundbites between players, owners, the commissioner, the NFLPA head and their respective attorneys. The folks that don't seem to be listened to are us the fans. Many NFL fans have tweeted, emailed, snail-mailed and called the players and teams respectively. There have been a few messages that the fans have been telling the parties involved in the lockout.

We want football!

Shut up and play!

Get a deal done!

I am aware of some fans siding with the players or the owners. It is especially showing with everyone's own partisan political perspectives. Having this point of view only leads us the fans to fighting and bickering over who is right and who is wrong and blaming judicial appointments made by current and past presidential administrations is quite silly. Political debates have been raging since the beginning of time and we need to be very wary of this lockout devolving into a rhetorical war of politics between fans.

This is a critical time for fans to unite against the lockout (and I do think that is the case) now. Right now, our beloved Broncos as well as the rest of the teams are sitting in neutral with time being wasted. I don't know about you, but I want to get these guys working again. We still need help on the team and it would be nice to have free agency and player trades so Denver can rebuild the roster and get the EFX era underway.

The last thing I want this fall is having nothing to do or enjoy on Sunday afternoons. My wife would love it, but I would go cuckoo! All I have to say to all the money people involved in this lockout is......

SHUT UP AND PLAY FOOTBALL!

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Um even if the lockout ended

There still wouldn’t be football yet. We haven’t missed anything. I think this post would be more appropriate come August or September when we start missing games.

I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.

by Topher Doll on May 20, 2011 2:33 PM MDT reply actions

for me it is only appropriate because of the lack of player movement....

via free agency and trades

Jerry Jones is Al Davis with a smile!

CHICAGO...Where Quaterbacks' careers go to die!

Why would anyone want to live in Oakland?

by mdierk on May 20, 2011 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions

i may have to re-post this if it that is the case!

Jerry Jones is Al Davis with a smile!

CHICAGO...Where Quaterbacks' careers go to die!

Why would anyone want to live in Oakland?

by mdierk on May 20, 2011 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions

I wouldn't complain if you did it then

And I don’t mind now, but I, personally, don’t feel like I’ve lost much, and while I realize each team will suffer differently, I do feel football will still be enjoyable in 2011. So I agree, let’s get this done, but as a fan, I really have nothing to complain about, yet.

I am a bear of very little brains and big words bother me.

by Topher Doll on May 21, 2011 1:12 AM MDT up reply actions

I think a tonne has been lost, especially for our team and ones like Cleveland..

As I heard Brett Celek and Mercedes lewis say yesterday, we are losing the quality of the game now. We will have unprepared rookies, rushed free agency and teams like ours are going to get crucified as teams like Pittsburgh and Green Bay pull away from the firled. Parity and quality is being lost with every passing day.
I think now is the perfect time for this post!

FIRE DE MAURICE SMITH...he can go suck dog balls for all I care!

NFLPA??? National Fools and Lame Pricks Association!

ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT WE HAVE IN TEBOW? Watching Kyle orton is like watching re-runs of the Brady Bunch...you always know whats going to happen and makes you feel sick at the end!

"I actually watched the World Cup. I HATE baseball. Hockey’s over. Hey, at least we have the WNBA. Oh, man. I’m making a noose. Want one?"

Harv Neptune.

by boydy2669 on May 22, 2011 6:04 AM MDT up reply actions

Sadly Boydy

I think the owners are the ones who want to get a deal done. DeMoron Smith has the players believing that football will be better for them without a CBA. The owners won this last round but in the end I think it will be the fans and the NFL as we know it that will be the ultimate losers. Football will be completely different animal when this thing finally makes it way thru the court system. Like I said I don’t think the players are interested in getting a CBA done. t

by papasteven on May 22, 2011 4:43 PM MDT up reply actions

I agree mate....I despise De Smith and almost threw up listening to Kevin Mawae...

The players are buying the bull shit that De Smith is peddling….and it only makes me disrespect them even more.
Morons being led by morons.
You find it interesting we have not heard a peep out of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady?

FIRE DE MAURICE SMITH...he can go suck dog balls for all I care!

NFLPA??? National Fools and Lame Pricks Association!

ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT WE HAVE IN TEBOW? Watching Kyle orton is like watching re-runs of the Brady Bunch...you always know whats going to happen and makes you feel sick at the end!

"I actually watched the World Cup. I HATE baseball. Hockey’s over. Hey, at least we have the WNBA. Oh, man. I’m making a noose. Want one?"

Harv Neptune.

by boydy2669 on May 22, 2011 6:42 PM MDT up reply actions

I really tried to understand your comment ,but failed.

You say you don’t buy the bull but fail to say what statements you don’t agree with.

Perhaps its the part where the players said " we will extenfd the current contrct with no changes" If you disagree with that statement then you apparently want a lock-out instead of the status quo.

Perhaps it is the fact that the players are saying " We will not give up our rights to work where ever we want, for whom we want, at a price I am worth, unless the owners negotiate a CBA with us." If you think the players have different rights than you and me I can see why you are upset.

But please. The first Federal Judge ruled the lockout should cease. The Owners appealed and asked for no football. Why jump on Smith?

Ponder has no idea how much pressure the fans will put on him. But he will succeed.

by lifelongvike on May 23, 2011 7:50 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm with ya ...

I don’t care that We’re not actually missing games YET. It still gives me a headache just thinking that it is a possibility.

I appreciate the point of the post, from what I gather… As fans, let’s not argue with eachother about which side may be right/wrong or how and why… Instead focus that energy on voicing it to someone who can actually do something (NFLPA, Owners, teams, NFL commish and other official NFL execs).

A pessimist sees the difficulties in every opportunity.
An optimist sees the opportunities in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill

First (and only, in our lifetimes) team to three consecutive SB wins!!!! ( =

by PearlJamBroncoGFunk on May 20, 2011 2:52 PM MDT reply actions

... Unless by the third (and forgotten) side of the lockout

you didn’t mean the fans. If you weren’t referring to the fans, then I totally missed the point LoL

A pessimist sees the difficulties in every opportunity.
An optimist sees the opportunities in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill

First (and only, in our lifetimes) team to three consecutive SB wins!!!! ( =

by PearlJamBroncoGFunk on May 20, 2011 2:55 PM MDT reply actions

The best thing to do...

… is nothing. To the extent that the players and owners pay attention to the fans (and they do), every time they hear someone express their desperation at the stalemate, they are encouraged that the fans will be there when it’s over.
This is a marvelous planet, full of opportunity and new experiences. On Sunday afternoon, go to a museum or the zoo; go hiking or swimming. Read a new book – about particle physics maybe (did you know that thirty million muons go through your thumb every second?) or any other aspect of this amazing world we inhabit.
Point is there is so much to do on Sunday afternoons I often wonder why I tie myself to the couch to watch a tube.
The other point is that if the owners and players start thinking we are discovering those options and will get to like them more than football, so that, when they decide to settle things, they just might discover no one is watching, they’ll split the baby in a hurry and get back to work.

Religious wars are fought to determine who has the best imaginary friend.

by bradley on May 21, 2011 7:55 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs

Agreed Bradley...I have, to be honest, already checked out of making it my biggest Sunday activity. The players dont care, then why should I. Will be great spending more time with my kids!

FIRE DE MAURICE SMITH...he can go suck dog balls for all I care!

NFLPA??? National Fools and Lame Pricks Association!

ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT WE HAVE IN TEBOW? Watching Kyle orton is like watching re-runs of the Brady Bunch...you always know whats going to happen and makes you feel sick at the end!

"I actually watched the World Cup. I HATE baseball. Hockey’s over. Hey, at least we have the WNBA. Oh, man. I’m making a noose. Want one?"

Harv Neptune.

by boydy2669 on May 22, 2011 6:06 AM MDT up reply actions