On towards the lockout

It was not a glorious year of predictions for The Brown Log, which ended the season 8-9. I must admit that the Packers win was one game I was thrilled to be wrong about.

On our plate, post Super Bowl is the pending player lockout. An important meeting between owners and players was recently cancelled and this is just one more not so subtle clue of what's coming. The NFL owners intend to play hardball.

I believe the NFL's anti-trust exemption is wrong but it will likely never be overturned by Congress. That's a shame. The free market works.

I find it amusing that owners refuse to open their books to the players. Considering the fact that the basis of the lockout is the owners crying poverty, one would think transparency a good thing. If owners have something to hide it logically would be a factor that hurts their own negotiation. The only fact that could hurt owners would be if secondary sources of revenue are huge profit centers.

Onto the lockout!