There are many people outraged by the ending of the Monday Night Football game between Seattle and Green Bay. Rightly so. The end of the game was a debacle of epic proportions. the people opining are passionate about the NFL. Good for them.
However, much hot air, bandwidth, air time and ink will be wasted this week. Why? Because this changes nothing.
The owners have decided what they are going to offer the referees. End of story. They are dug in.
This lockout ends one of two ways: The regular refs cave or someone gets killed because of the replacements' incompetence. We've written that here before and still believe it to be true.
Meanwhile, the league and network executives are laughing all the way to the bank. NFL telecasts have now become "must see tv" just to find out what ludicrous thing will happen. While the ESPN talking heads have to decry this situation, the ad execs have to be loving it. This latest situation will rule the airwaves for the next week.
Here in the Cheap Seats we are popping popcorn and sitting back to watch the fireworks. Most fun we've had in a while. We know the replacements are terrible and in over their heads, but much like a train wreck, we cannot turn away. That makes us part of the problem, but we're OK with that.
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