Football fans everywhere got news that brightened their summer this week, as a new CBA deal for the NFL seems to be taking shape and the lockout could be over as soon as next week. With that in mind, the biggest problem facing the NFL after the lockout is not players being unready for the season, but player frustration as it finally starts to rear its ugly head.
Steelers ILB James Harrison recently made strongly worded comments about his teammates as well as NFL Comissioner Roger Goodell. Harrison referred to Goodell as "stupid", "idiot" and a "clown", as well as using a gay slur to define him. Harrison has long had a distaste for Goodell, as the commissioner fined Harrison over $150,000 for several illegal hits this past season.
Harrison has not been the only player to attract controversy this summer. Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall posted controversial remarks on Twitter after the death of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, which he eventually was forced to remove. Steelers WR Hines Ward was arrested earlier this week on a DUI charge in Georgia, which further presses home the fact that NFL players, like many other people, need to stay occupied to stay out of trouble.
You don't need to be particularly smart to realize how much these players want and need this lockout to end. And in many ways, the fans who enjoys the games, businesses that profit from them, and cities they put on the map need it to end as well. Once the lockout is over, players can get back to playing football instead of making public comments like Harrison, an area we can all agree is not their forte.
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