NFL Lockout is Still Underway, but I can't Wait for the Vikings!

Yeah, yeah so the NFL Lockout is still going on. Talks have progressed, but there is still a lot for the two sides to hash out. Here are a couple of things I would like to say to both sides trying to figure this out.

To the players: I know you want more of your contracts to be be guaranteed and to be paid in retirement, but you have to understand how much it costs the owners to run your teams. Without them paying the checks, you really aren't worth anything

To the owners: You realize your leverage is dwindling right? The closer you get to the season the more risk you run of losing actual games in a season. Sure, NFL players careers are short, but that's because they get beat up playing these games. With the time off they can recover and most of them have enough money to sustain a lockout like this.

Metrodome on Prime Time

Virtually no one else outside of the state of Minnesota has noticed this but the Minnesota Vikings play the Chicago Bears on 12/17 which is Monday Night Football. There is also a very good chance that the game time for the Minnesota Vikings versus the Washington Redskins time will be changed for noon to 7:00 pm. That would be two Vikings Football games at the Metrodome on prime time television in one month. Not bad for a NFL team and NFL venue that four weeks ago were left for dead. It will be fun to have the Minneapolis Metrodome rocking in December. Who knows, Maybe there will even be a home playoff game?