The NBA and NFL lockouts are a real pain in the backside. Fortunately, they don’t usually occur at the same time. But since they are, it’s time to blame them both for my sports boredom. The time from mid-June to the start August are period of the offseason in both sports. It’s when teams change up their rosters, and hearts like mine get broken.
Had there been no NFL lockout, we’d be talking about how Kevin Kolb is going to transform a team’s offense, or how another team is now a competitor with the addition of Nnamdi Asomugha. Granted, all the offseason talk about sports may be speculative, but it’s still a fun part of the year.
We don’t have that this year. Instead, we get to see Adam Schefter and Chris Mortenson play a guessing game (and fail) as to when the lockout will actually end. It’s like the time when you were 7 years old and the weatherman calls for 9 inches of snow but all it did was rain. Ultimately, you’re going to school disappointed and left thinking the weatherman doesn’t know what he’s talking about (or in this case, the ESPN talking heads.)
With the NBA lockout, we don’t even have meetings to hear about. Unlike last year, where super teams were forming in New York and Miami, the only super team we may see next year is Turkey’s Besiktas. There is no “Decision” to gripe about. There isn’t even speculation about what’s going to happen to guys like Jawad Williams.
The only thing to report about in both the NBA and NFL’s situations is that millionaires are arguing with billionaires, and the average American sports fan is left out in the cold.
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