By Kevin SeifertI'm working on numerous football-related posts Wednesday morning, but I couldn't help but hold for the thing to consider Sally Jenkins' newest column inside the Washington Post.

Among other things, Jenkins hammers NFL proprietors for initiating a lockout that could potentially "padlock stadiums that taxpayers aided spend for." And echoing what I've been ranting for some time about, Jenkins suggests proprietors should really push back again season-ticket obligations right up until most ideal after a brand determine new collective bargaining arrangement is reached.

Here's what Brian Frederick, the executive director concerning the sports activities Fans Coalition, informed Jenkins:
"The NFL should immediately quit soliciting time period ticket payments, asking guys and girls to spend concerning the opportunity there can be considered a season. They get entry to tremendous budget as well as the curiosity on it, and condition attorneys and regional governing bodies should really immediately start looking in to the make any difference in conditions concerning the quantity of cash they've invested in these stadiums, and producing optimistic their cost is protected."


As we noted Monday, some NFC North clubs are providing nominal curiosity on refunds for just about any canceled games. inside the end, a good offer of Jenkins' outrage can be moot (there you go, Andy of Fort Collins) once the whole 2011 time period is played. inside the all round plan of things, there are no most ideal and incorrect sides on this dispute. It requires two to tango.

But over a micro level, some bi-products concerning the lockout appear patently inappropriate. Asking your most beneficial potential customers for entire monetary help at a time when you've shut straight down your institution -- remember, a lockout in essence shows no fixtures right up until even more observe -- falls into that category.Share