Try calling a staff meeting this afternoon, I bet it takes you about 4 hours to get everyone to settle on a time that works and then 2 hours to get the agenda developed / printed up / distributed.

And then people will cancel or make changes at the last minute.

So why would you expect this process to be neat, tidy, and fast?

Relax!

I love to watch America’s Game, I follow every team religiously, I watch NFL network all the time, I go to a couple of games every year even though I can’t really afford it, and I could probably name starters and back ups from every team going back to the 1950s. I have invested years of my life into the NFL and I have loved every minute of it but this lockout is making me sick. I understand that everyone should have a goal to maximize their potiential earning in their respective jobs but the rollercoaster ride that the owners and players are putting us on has got to stop.

I hope and pray this new CBA is agreed upon and ratified today or else the NFL will be losing a true fan.

This July 21st owners meeting has been pointed to as the possible “ratification day” for almost a month. The owners were not going to vote yesterday or the day before. So if you have a source that keeps claiming “today is the day” get another one. Because its been obvious to most that unless the owners called a special meeting, the soonest it could happen was today. And there had been zero talk of a special meeting.

Blank’s statement is basically a strongarm tactic, through the media, a message to the players to get off their rumps and ratify the deal.

And of course, it behooves everyone to ratify it, because they’ll start to lose preseason money if they don’t do it soon.

It’s a tough situation.

I hope the players can read fast and comprehend what they read before mashing their big burly fingers into the keyboard in order to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no.’

One of the owners that I truly like even though I hope his team sucks out loud (OK…I’m a Buc’s fan)

I always thought Blank looks more like Count Dracula.