What will America watch if there’s no football on Sunday’s? Football is the most watched sport in the United States. The Super Bowl is the NFL’s most prestigious game and generates the most TV revenue in a single day than any other sporting event in the world. The NFLPA’s executive Director Demaurice Smith quoted, “the two sides are still to this point are far apart,” the two sides are the players union and The NFL Owners. The first official deadline for the Collective Bargaining Agreement to expire was March 4^th at midnight. The two sides could not come to an agreement so they decided to extend the deadline for another week.

  The argument between the Players union and the NFL Owners concerns mainly two views. The players want their benefits and player rights to stay in tack. The owners on their terms want to lower rookie salary; this issue is also disputed by the players. The owners in their own right minds just want to have an NFL players union and to have a 2011 and 2012 football season. For the player’s argument, they just want what best for themselves and their families. Since the speculations of a dreaded NFL lockout, the media has blown the situation out of proportion. They have quoted that the Arguments are just between Billionaires and Millionaires. On defense of the players Steelers Safety Ryan Clark said, “I’ve played in the NFL for 9 years and I have yet to account for a million dollars in my possession.”

  The extended deadline was set expire on March 10^th at 3 o’clock eastern time. When it did, the NFLPA and the owners could not come up with and agreement the deadline was fulfilled, the thought of a lockout has come into full view. Later that day the owners of the NFL teams came together with a decision to lock the players out. A lock out consists of the players employed by their teams and are locked out of their training and practice facilities. The players will also not be paid and every team in the NFL can not go through offseason work outs or NFL Free Agency. Although there is a lockout, the NFL will still be an NFL Draft. So that’s good for the prospects that are in the draft, like Pitman alumni Colin Kapernick. There still hope that the most watched sport will be watched by all that love the sport.