As the NFL lockout approaches the 100-day mark — it looks like a sporting Armageddon is just around the corner! — here’s your court-ordered update on the management-labor dispute:
The owners may trail on the scoreboard and lose in the courts, but at the close of any business day, they’ll somehow end up ahead. Which brings us to Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post, one of my favorite sports columnists. She’s so smart, when I disagree with her, I usually figure I’ve got to be wrong. But Jenkins has been writing about how the NFL finally has gotten its comeuppance in this labor squabble:
“The owners don’t get it, and haven’t from the beginning. . . . While they were calculating revenue, studying profit-loss statements and betting on how many unplayed games it would take the players to fold, they should have taken a crucial fact into account: They are in the legal wrong.” Sally, Sally, Sally — it doesn’t matter if they’re in the legal wrong, the NFL never loses in the long run.
CARRY ON
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