Week 10

Dear Jordan,

Have you heard about the lockout that is supposed to take place in the NFL if they do not come to agreement for the terms of the new contract? Both the players and the owners of teams are in a huge debate over what the salary cap should be and how much the players should earn. This debate has been going on since the end of the 2010 season which was played without a salary cap. If there were to be a lockout many people would feel the repercussions of this event. One group that would feel this a lot would be the new incoming rookies that are looking to be drafted. Yes they are still planning on having a draft this year which means those rookies would be drafted, but the ones that end up not getting drafted would not have the choice of trying to go walk on to a team after the draft. The rookies that would be drafted would not necessarily be given a salary for the next year. This means that all these kids fresh out of college who were banking on the NFL as their job no longer have the NFL as an option to make money for a year. Many of these kids would not have a good back round to fall back on if they cannot make money because their entire focus in college was football. This is just one of the major problems of the lockout and there are many more that are out there and if you look at the big picture, almost everyone in the nation is going to be affected in this lockout whether the effect be big or small. This is an issue that you should probably keep your eye on because it will affect you in a way that will not be beneficial to you whether it be big or small.