by K. Kozla<\/p>\n
The NFL Fall Season is getting ready to swing into full gear; the players have been practicing and the fans riling up.\u00c2\u00a0 The grass is being trimmed, the yard lines laid down and if we listen hard enough we can almost hear the roar as the team charges from the locker room and is announced onto the field.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anticipation is electric in the air… for some at\u00c2\u00a0least.<\/p>\n
Another field of battle is eerily quiet, another set of locker rooms sit empty.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0No one is preparing the court for titans to compete to cries of support that erupt from fans.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Parties have been unable to come together and the clock\u00c2\u00a0continues to count down to a year without\u00c2\u00a0the NBA.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Each tick passing without agreement is one towards an end game; one where the season might be canceled entirely.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
A bad dream is turning into a harsh reality for far too many people.\u00c2\u00a0 No jobs for concession workers, no jobs for ticket takers, no jobs for the people who tell you where to park or clean up after a team tastes sweet victory or the bitter defeat.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 No jobs for the coaches, the players, the representatives and more.\u00c2\u00a0 The draft picks who clawed their way up will not reach the big time yet.\u00c2\u00a0 In a time when the economy needs every little bit it can get it appears the unemployment numbers will be going up.\u00c2\u00a0 Will the players look to other countries to continue their love of the game or can some miracle still occur?<\/p>\n
Me?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not giving up hope yet.\u00c2\u00a0 If the politicians in D.C. could push to the wire to make the\u00c2\u00a0jump shot\u00c2\u00a0to raise the debt ceiling.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Well, then maybe the Players’ Association\u00c2\u00a0and the Teams can find a way to make a play at the buzzer and come to an\u00c2\u00a0agreement too.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Godspeed to those playing in the 2012 NFL Season and to the 2012 NBA year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by K. Kozla The NFL Fall Season is getting ready to swing into full gear; the players have been practicing and the fans riling up.\u00c2\u00a0 The grass is being trimmed, the yard lines laid down and if we listen hard enough we can almost hear the roar as the team charges from the locker room … <\/p>\n