I don't mean to sound all economisty and such, but Football, in of itself, is not a great source of GDP. We vastly overvalue passive entertainment and undervalue our own participation in physical activities. If it takes a lockout to realign salaries to reflect the real world and not some imaginary land where holding a ball and hitting each other with pads entitles one to outrageous compensation, I'm all for it. If the effect of the activity is transient, it should have marginal value. If the effect is long lived, then there should be greater value. The NFL is the 21st century Tulip.

I don't mean to sound all economisty and such, but Football, in of itself, is not a great source of GDP. We vastly overvalue passive entertainment and undervalue our own participation in physical activities. If it takes a lockout to realign salaries to reflect the real world and not some imaginary land where holding a ball and hitting each other with pads entitles one to outrageous compensation, I'm all for it. If the effect of the activity is transient, it should have marginal value. If the effect is long lived, then there should be greater value. The NFL is the 21st century Tulip.

I don't mean to sound all economisty and such, but Football, in of itself, is not a great source of GDP. We vastly overvalue passive entertainment and undervalue our own participation in physical activities. If it takes a lockout to realign salaries to reflect the real world and not some imaginary land where holding a ball and hitting each other with pads entitles one to outrageous compensation, I'm all for it. If the effect of the activity is transient, it should have marginal value. If the effect is long lived, then there should be greater value. The NFL is the 21st century Tulip.

This is the case with many other forms of "entertainment" as well. Are Clooney, Penn, Deniro, and other actors worth what they get paid for movies? Are those twits "judging" American Idol worth the cash and praise they receive? Are Kanye West and Eminem worth the millions they get for the BS they "create"? What about Jersey Shore and all the other low life "reality" shows? I know my answer is "hell no". Our society has become obsessed with money, glitz, and glamor. And when people/masses don't have it themselves, they use TMZ, ESPN, and ET to blindly follow the lives of those who do as if it is important. It's sad that, in a time when our country is facing the social and economic issues it is, more people could pick Lady Ga Ga from a lineup than could pick their locally elected mayor, governor, or representative. In this country, Entertainment has replaced religion as the opiate of the masses.