Monday's Wake Up Call! What would fans have done without football?

Photos

Ron Johnson/Journal Star

Bears fan Chris Thiess of Naperville wrestles with girlfriend at Packers fan Jennifer Brown of Wausau, Wis., before Sunday’s NFL game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 10-3 to secure a spot in the playoffs.

  
By David Arkin
Posted Jul 25, 2011 @ 08:41 AM
Print Comment

Football is back. Almost.

Today, the NFL Players Association's executive committee is expected to approve the 10-year collective bargaining deal. The owners approved it last week.

That means that doors would be opened to players this week and training camp would start on Friday.

This is a good story to localize:

• Talk to a lawyer or an expert in the law profession and get their take on how this deal came together, how complicated it was and why it took so long?

• Talk to fans and find out if they were ever concerned that Sundays wouldn't include football this year? What would they have done with their Sundays?

• Once the agreement is signed, free agency will start and it should be wild. Ask readers, of the Top 10 free agents, who they think their team should go after. A good poll or Facebook question.

• Reach out to a sporting store and find out if NFL material should now start moving off shelves and what the impact would have been if there wouldn't have been a season, concerning sales?

Football is back. Almost.

Today, the NFL Players Association's executive committee is expected to approve the 10-year collective bargaining deal. The owners approved it last week.

That means that doors would be opened to players this week and training camp would start on Friday.

This is a good story to localize:

• Talk to a lawyer or an expert in the law profession and get their take on how this deal came together, how complicated it was and why it took so long?

• Talk to fans and find out if they were ever concerned that Sundays wouldn't include football this year? What would they have done with their Sundays?

• Once the agreement is signed, free agency will start and it should be wild. Ask readers, of the Top 10 free agents, who they think their team should go after. A good poll or Facebook question.

• Reach out to a sporting store and find out if NFL material should now start moving off shelves and what the impact would have been if there wouldn't have been a season, concerning sales?

Loading commenting interface...

Newsroom Handbook
Culture Cube
News Cube
Web Cube
Reader Callouts