I am sick and tired of hearing about the Lock Out.
You know what? WE MAKE THE NFL RICH!!!
Who else is buying jerseys, tickets, hats, merchandise, cards? Not other countries. We are the ones that work our ***** off and spend our hard earned money on this stuff, least they can do is respect us enough and let us have a season!
I haven't bought a jersey since 2006. My last jersey, which was a green Premier Favre one cost me $120 bucks. That is pricey, and that's why I haven't got around to buying another one yet. I'm not the richest sob on the block after paying bills, and buying groceries, and so on.
Even in NFL Shop they have these "classic players" jerseys, and merchandise. They are making money off of players who haven't played in YEARS. Go through all the 49er jerseys and look at their classic players.
Don't even get me started on ticket sales. Super Bowl tickets ain't cheap, and when a team is hot, the tickets are even hotter (Playoff tickets in the Superdome last year were over a thousand dollars)
The fans is what makes the NFL so great. Look at all the crappy teams that have sucked for so many years. There is still loyal Lions fans if you look hard enough, the Browns still manage to sell tickets even though they have sucked since the Ravens became a team. San Francisco sells out every year, and they are at the bottom of the bucket of their long storied franchise. Even when the Packers were a doormat in the 80's, we were STILL selling tickets! I can go on and on and on.
I want a season next year, they are so rich they can make it happen. If they don't, they are just being greedy. Least they can do is show the fans some respect, since we've been putting money in their pockets for god knows how long.