Rod's Thursday Thoughts

On the NFL Lockout. Owners had better look out. The judge that the NFL and the Players had their case before yesterday seems to be leaning towards the players. She is insisting that the two sides go back to the negotiating table and get a deal hammered out because if she has a rule in a couple of weeks, the NFL owners are not going to be happy. The players need to shut up also. One of the members of the Baltimore Ravens referred to Commissioner Roger Goodell as an "Idiot" on a radio show earlier this week. Number 1, the Commish is not an idiot. He is limited to what he can do and does not sit in a position to make any offers to the players to end the lockout. The owners are settling in for the long haul. All season perhaps until the union de-certified and the case when the courts. We all know what the legal system could come up with and it ain't pretty. At the rate this is going, it seems that at least the start of the NFL season is in jeapordy and that is exactly what the owners want.