Hello everyone. I hope that life has been treating you well and if not just hang in there. Well I'm very pleased to announce I finally have a new, reliable vehicle-2005 Ford Ranger. Now with my transportation issue solved I can move on to other matters like a new couch for my living room, curtains for every room etc. I'm not bragging in the least but just trying to tell you that there are betters ways to obtain the material things that you want without having to go into debt. It's like Dave Ramsey said, "We spend money we don't have on things we don't need to impress people we don't like."
He also said that debt is dumb and cash is king. Amen to that brother. I could have gone into debt and purchased a vehicle for twice the amount it was worth but didn't because I remained true to myself and stayed the course. And my steadfastness paid off, much sooner than I expected. Patience and discipline go hand and hand when it comes to financial planning. Before you come up with a plan you have to change your whole way of thinking and in turn you more than likely have to change your life style. Probably the most important thing you need to do is reassess your life from top to bottom. Learn the differences between wants and needs. Kill the unnecessary expenses like eating out everyday, buying too many shoes or going to the bars. Even if you have the extra money to do these things it doesn't mean that you should. For example if you make $40,000 a year then you should budget your life like your making $24,000 because you never know when the bottom will fall out-a blown car engine, busted hot-water heater, a hole in the roof and so on. It's also imperative that you avoid the lure of the payday or car title loans. They aren't a long term solution, their not even a short term solution. And once they have their hooks in you it's extremely difficult to break away. It's so ridiculous when someone tells me that they are still paying on a $800 loan they took out two years ago at 30%. That is the very definition of throwing away money :-( I can talk about this because I have been through it. I acted irresponsibly and made stupid financial decisions and paid for them. And there was nobody to blame but myself. So I guess the very first thing you should do is own up to your mistakes and take on the responsibility of repaying the debt and repairing your credit. It won't be easy, it
never is but you can do it. I hope that I can
inspire at least one person to start making better financial and life decisions.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Greetings!
Greetings Readers
I'm taking a break from my writing to fill you in on my life. It's already the fourth month of 2012 and time is just flying by, that happens when you get older. I remember when I was very young and always wishing I was older. Now that I'm older I don't see what the big deal is. Oh well, live and learn. Ok, my car is broken and I have to make a major life decision of ditching it or spending $300 or more to have it fixed. The problem is my car is 24 years old and it's not going to get better. The real problem is that I won't be able to replace it anytime soon. I don't want to fool with a car payment and I don't want to keep throwing money into a vehicle that's falling apart. Besides that little problem my life is peachy. I'm accomplishing a lot, improving at my writing and working out at least 3 days a week. I've only had insufficient funds in my banking account once this year and that was my fault because I actually had the money. I'm not a stupid person but I do suffer stupid moments. Things are going well on my job, I work with some clowns. Sheba, my pet dog had another surgery to remove a another lump. The lump was cancerous but the Doctor said that it doesn't necessarily means that she has cancer but if she develops anymore lumps to remove them immediately. So I remain vigilant and so far there hasn't been anymore lumps. I find myself sleeping less now that the weather is improving which means I will get more accomplished-I hope. I had a lovely time with my mom this weekend and it seems I will be spending some time working in her garden this weekend. I don't have anything inspiration to write but I just wanted to touch base with you loyal reader and let you know that I'm still here. Oh my god how I love auto correct and spell check! I don't even know if I will or should post this blog because it's way more personal than I intended it to be but no point in letting a somewhat decent entry go to waste. This is really a warm up for the blog to come later, I hope :-)
Talk to you guys and gals soon.
I'm taking a break from my writing to fill you in on my life. It's already the fourth month of 2012 and time is just flying by, that happens when you get older. I remember when I was very young and always wishing I was older. Now that I'm older I don't see what the big deal is. Oh well, live and learn. Ok, my car is broken and I have to make a major life decision of ditching it or spending $300 or more to have it fixed. The problem is my car is 24 years old and it's not going to get better. The real problem is that I won't be able to replace it anytime soon. I don't want to fool with a car payment and I don't want to keep throwing money into a vehicle that's falling apart. Besides that little problem my life is peachy. I'm accomplishing a lot, improving at my writing and working out at least 3 days a week. I've only had insufficient funds in my banking account once this year and that was my fault because I actually had the money. I'm not a stupid person but I do suffer stupid moments. Things are going well on my job, I work with some clowns. Sheba, my pet dog had another surgery to remove a another lump. The lump was cancerous but the Doctor said that it doesn't necessarily means that she has cancer but if she develops anymore lumps to remove them immediately. So I remain vigilant and so far there hasn't been anymore lumps. I find myself sleeping less now that the weather is improving which means I will get more accomplished-I hope. I had a lovely time with my mom this weekend and it seems I will be spending some time working in her garden this weekend. I don't have anything inspiration to write but I just wanted to touch base with you loyal reader and let you know that I'm still here. Oh my god how I love auto correct and spell check! I don't even know if I will or should post this blog because it's way more personal than I intended it to be but no point in letting a somewhat decent entry go to waste. This is really a warm up for the blog to come later, I hope :-)
Talk to you guys and gals soon.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
$$ Be Smart $$
Blog
I know three nights ago I proclaimed that I would post on this blog no less than ten times a day. Clearly it was wishful thinking on my part and I'm fairly sure the caffeine played a role. The fact that I have posted two days in a week could be considered a small victory. How about I just aim for something much more manageable like one blog per week. I assume that for those of you whom blog, the subjects that you write about resonates with you on some level. And because it does you do your best to get your point across to your readers. Can we all agree on that? Ok let's move forward. At least that's how I do things. Today I want to talk to each of you about the growing problem this world faces, and it's the growing Stupidity Problem. There's such a board range of stupidity but I would like to talk about stupidity when it comes to our finances and life choices. Everyday more and Americans make stupid decision about their finances, diet and education. Our stupidity as a whole is a big reason that America is in the giant financial debt hole. What's worst is that most of the Stupids-that's what I will refer to them as from now on- believe the government should bail them out. I say why reward them for being stupid in the first place. If you were only making $30,000 a year then you had to know there was no way you could afford a $200,000 home. Some of the Stupids weren't even making $30,000. The best lessons are the hardest learned and most of us still glutton for punishment by unnecessary purchases like new cars, clothes and dinning out. Somehow we managed to justify those purchases by telling ourselves we deserve it. Or convince ourselves that they need it, Stupid.
The main thing that I have noticed is that most people don't understand how money really works. Its one thing to walk around with money in your pocket but unless you're about to spend all of that money at the grocery store, etc it isn't earning you any additional money. A long time ago banks used to pay out interest for allowing them to keep our money but now its the exact opposite. With the economy in its current state its difficult to find any high-interest baring accounts but there are some out there if your willing to do the research. I don't believe that walking around with all of your money in your pocket is very smart. Because at the very least a tiny bit of interest is better than none at all. Now back to my point about purchasing things that aren't necessary-and I'm really just generalizing here. Ladies, you aren't going to die if you don't buy those $125 pair of six inch hills. Guys you really, really don't have to spend $60 on every new video game that comes out, especially if the bills are piling up. But I'm nothing telling you guys anything that you don't already know. But just because you can doesn't always mean you should. Even if you can afford that new ride you've had your eye on for a whole doesn't mean you need to go into debt to purchase it. Especially if you already have a vehicle that works just fine.
While I have done no real research to back up this claim I believe that mental wellness and physical health go hand and hand. A healthy mind equals a healthy body and vice versa. So if you eat like garbage you will most likely feel like garbage. And when you feel like garbage you don't always make your best decisions or do your best work. Getting plenty of rest is vital to any operation. You don't see doctors performing surgery after going on a bender. Track and field participants don't party all night before a meet. Nobody performs at their best when they haven't had the proper rest. So just be sure to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet and cut out the sugars, starch and fats. And a little physical activity wouldn't kill you either- a short walk after a med to light dinner. A apple or banana for desert as as supposed to a banana split. You see what I did just now? I grouped in diet with physical health. It wasn't hard because the two go hand and hand.
Continuing to make the wrong choices makes your stupid. You can get mad at me all you want but it doesn't change the facts. This is something that I do know for certain and have researched, so to speak. Educated people can be stupid as well. After all they tend to accumulate a higher amount of debt than the uneducated. Why? Because they have higher paying jobs which means they tend to spend more on homes and vehicles. Not even they fully understand how money works and it's not entirely their faults. I blame it on the Money Changers who intentionally make the concept of money so complicated that most of us become so frustrated that we give up trying to learn. But that is another blog for another time. Using myself for example, the more I learn about money the more I realize that I don't know hardly anything about money. Please allow me to get back to the subject at hand which is education and lifestyle choices. You may not believe it but those two really do go hand and hand. The more you know the the further you can possibly go. Or at least that's the working theory. The parents should teach their children about the value of money at an early age. And what's taught at home should be layered upon in the schools by the teachers. Instead of home economics they should have classes that focus on financial planning/money management. Most of these kids honestly get it, they understand the simple concept of money-you work, you get paid etc. Unfortunately too many of our young men and women come into the real world armed with no knowledge of how money works or the importance of a good credit score. These are almost always the ones who find themselves living from paycheck to paycheck or on the welfare system. I understand that everyone can't be millionaires but we should all have a small degree of financial independence. That should be the real American dream. Not everyone is meant to own a home and most people shouldn't because it entails more responsibility than they are ready for. And everyone can't drive a fancy car or wear the latest and hottest thing that fashion has to offer. Remember that it's the advertiser's job to sell you on whatever it is they want you to buy. When you see that guy or girl with the nice car, motorcycle and big house don't be jealous or envious because you don't know what they had to do or sacrifice. For all you know they could be living from paycheck to paycheck just like you. But if your smart you don't have to live paycheck to paycheck. So education is supposed to lead to better lifestyle choices. Let me add one more thing. If you're going to the clubs every night and spending money on booze you probably aren't saving very much. And if your already stupid, booze makes you even more so. Nobody ever became smarter after they drank. In the end I guess what I'm trying to say is be smart. Be smart in all phases of your life. Be smart with you finances and your health. And if your already smart than be smarter.
I know three nights ago I proclaimed that I would post on this blog no less than ten times a day. Clearly it was wishful thinking on my part and I'm fairly sure the caffeine played a role. The fact that I have posted two days in a week could be considered a small victory. How about I just aim for something much more manageable like one blog per week. I assume that for those of you whom blog, the subjects that you write about resonates with you on some level. And because it does you do your best to get your point across to your readers. Can we all agree on that? Ok let's move forward. At least that's how I do things. Today I want to talk to each of you about the growing problem this world faces, and it's the growing Stupidity Problem. There's such a board range of stupidity but I would like to talk about stupidity when it comes to our finances and life choices. Everyday more and Americans make stupid decision about their finances, diet and education. Our stupidity as a whole is a big reason that America is in the giant financial debt hole. What's worst is that most of the Stupids-that's what I will refer to them as from now on- believe the government should bail them out. I say why reward them for being stupid in the first place. If you were only making $30,000 a year then you had to know there was no way you could afford a $200,000 home. Some of the Stupids weren't even making $30,000. The best lessons are the hardest learned and most of us still glutton for punishment by unnecessary purchases like new cars, clothes and dinning out. Somehow we managed to justify those purchases by telling ourselves we deserve it. Or convince ourselves that they need it, Stupid.
The main thing that I have noticed is that most people don't understand how money really works. Its one thing to walk around with money in your pocket but unless you're about to spend all of that money at the grocery store, etc it isn't earning you any additional money. A long time ago banks used to pay out interest for allowing them to keep our money but now its the exact opposite. With the economy in its current state its difficult to find any high-interest baring accounts but there are some out there if your willing to do the research. I don't believe that walking around with all of your money in your pocket is very smart. Because at the very least a tiny bit of interest is better than none at all. Now back to my point about purchasing things that aren't necessary-and I'm really just generalizing here. Ladies, you aren't going to die if you don't buy those $125 pair of six inch hills. Guys you really, really don't have to spend $60 on every new video game that comes out, especially if the bills are piling up. But I'm nothing telling you guys anything that you don't already know. But just because you can doesn't always mean you should. Even if you can afford that new ride you've had your eye on for a whole doesn't mean you need to go into debt to purchase it. Especially if you already have a vehicle that works just fine.
While I have done no real research to back up this claim I believe that mental wellness and physical health go hand and hand. A healthy mind equals a healthy body and vice versa. So if you eat like garbage you will most likely feel like garbage. And when you feel like garbage you don't always make your best decisions or do your best work. Getting plenty of rest is vital to any operation. You don't see doctors performing surgery after going on a bender. Track and field participants don't party all night before a meet. Nobody performs at their best when they haven't had the proper rest. So just be sure to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet and cut out the sugars, starch and fats. And a little physical activity wouldn't kill you either- a short walk after a med to light dinner. A apple or banana for desert as as supposed to a banana split. You see what I did just now? I grouped in diet with physical health. It wasn't hard because the two go hand and hand.
Continuing to make the wrong choices makes your stupid. You can get mad at me all you want but it doesn't change the facts. This is something that I do know for certain and have researched, so to speak. Educated people can be stupid as well. After all they tend to accumulate a higher amount of debt than the uneducated. Why? Because they have higher paying jobs which means they tend to spend more on homes and vehicles. Not even they fully understand how money works and it's not entirely their faults. I blame it on the Money Changers who intentionally make the concept of money so complicated that most of us become so frustrated that we give up trying to learn. But that is another blog for another time. Using myself for example, the more I learn about money the more I realize that I don't know hardly anything about money. Please allow me to get back to the subject at hand which is education and lifestyle choices. You may not believe it but those two really do go hand and hand. The more you know the the further you can possibly go. Or at least that's the working theory. The parents should teach their children about the value of money at an early age. And what's taught at home should be layered upon in the schools by the teachers. Instead of home economics they should have classes that focus on financial planning/money management. Most of these kids honestly get it, they understand the simple concept of money-you work, you get paid etc. Unfortunately too many of our young men and women come into the real world armed with no knowledge of how money works or the importance of a good credit score. These are almost always the ones who find themselves living from paycheck to paycheck or on the welfare system. I understand that everyone can't be millionaires but we should all have a small degree of financial independence. That should be the real American dream. Not everyone is meant to own a home and most people shouldn't because it entails more responsibility than they are ready for. And everyone can't drive a fancy car or wear the latest and hottest thing that fashion has to offer. Remember that it's the advertiser's job to sell you on whatever it is they want you to buy. When you see that guy or girl with the nice car, motorcycle and big house don't be jealous or envious because you don't know what they had to do or sacrifice. For all you know they could be living from paycheck to paycheck just like you. But if your smart you don't have to live paycheck to paycheck. So education is supposed to lead to better lifestyle choices. Let me add one more thing. If you're going to the clubs every night and spending money on booze you probably aren't saving very much. And if your already stupid, booze makes you even more so. Nobody ever became smarter after they drank. In the end I guess what I'm trying to say is be smart. Be smart in all phases of your life. Be smart with you finances and your health. And if your already smart than be smarter.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
why I love college football
If you didn't see the Alabama, LSU football game shame on you. Les Miles, the crafty, brash and sometimes zany head coach of the #1 ranked LSU Tigers led his team into Tuscolusa where a powerful Crimson Tide team led by the reserved genius Nick Saban eagerly awaited. Everyone knew the importance of this game and how much would be riding on the outcome. The National Champion picture had began to take shape as the true contenders had begun to separate from the pack. This game would go a long way in determining whom the front runners would be. The stadium's atmosphere was electric as all the anticipation that built up during the week had reach it's limit. #1 vs #2, Miles vs Saban, the former apprentice vs his former master. Nobody had to tell each coach or their respective teams how important this game would be. The loser could very possibly find themselves out of the National Championship race. The fact that both teams where in this position at this point in the season is a testament to the strength of their programs-surviving their brutal SEC schedules. On paper both teams appeared evenly matched, stout defenses and powerful running games. Bama appeared to have a slight edge in the running department behind the nifty running of Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy. Given the home field advantage I thought that Alabama would win but three missed field goals in the first half would be too much to overcome.
Despite their loss Alabama only fell to the number 3 spot in the BCS which means they could very well get another shot at LSU but we'll just have to wait and see as nothing is set in stone. There are still tons of games to be played and besides I'm not in love with either team's QB situation. Which brings me to the remaining top 10 teams with the exception of Virginia Tech. Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Boise St, Stanford, Clemson, Oregon and Arkansas all have QBs that seem to get it done on a weekly basis without the benefit of a lights out defense. I couldn't help but think just how much more awesome Bama or LSU would be if they had such outstanding QB's under center. Imagine if your a Bama or LSU defensive coordinator and you have the luxury of complimenting a offense that's puts up 30 plus points a game. No team in the country would stand a chance. If AJ McCarron develops like he should I think that we will see just that in the next two years. It would be a huge disrespect to the Big 10, Big 12 and Pac 14 to say that the SEC is the best conference in football but five consecutive BCS tiles don't lie. But!!! I must say as intriguing as a Alabama, LSU rematch is I would much rather see the SEC champion face a undefeated Oklahoma St team if nothing more than to see a high powered offense against a dynamic defense. A small part of me wants to see Boise St(rolling my eyes) sneak into the title game and either give credence- to the notion that they don't belong- or shock the world and win it all. Sorry Boise but you have to add better teams to your schedule to be taken seriously. I think that since you went to Blacksburg in 2010 and Athens in 2011 that those teams should come to you in 2012. Beat them both at home, throw in a USC or Texas at mid-season and then and only then can you honestly think about playing for the BCS title.
With all that being said LSU AND Alabama still have to win their remainin games. Like I said before I don't trust either teams QBs- especially LSU's.
Despite their loss Alabama only fell to the number 3 spot in the BCS which means they could very well get another shot at LSU but we'll just have to wait and see as nothing is set in stone. There are still tons of games to be played and besides I'm not in love with either team's QB situation. Which brings me to the remaining top 10 teams with the exception of Virginia Tech. Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Boise St, Stanford, Clemson, Oregon and Arkansas all have QBs that seem to get it done on a weekly basis without the benefit of a lights out defense. I couldn't help but think just how much more awesome Bama or LSU would be if they had such outstanding QB's under center. Imagine if your a Bama or LSU defensive coordinator and you have the luxury of complimenting a offense that's puts up 30 plus points a game. No team in the country would stand a chance. If AJ McCarron develops like he should I think that we will see just that in the next two years. It would be a huge disrespect to the Big 10, Big 12 and Pac 14 to say that the SEC is the best conference in football but five consecutive BCS tiles don't lie. But!!! I must say as intriguing as a Alabama, LSU rematch is I would much rather see the SEC champion face a undefeated Oklahoma St team if nothing more than to see a high powered offense against a dynamic defense. A small part of me wants to see Boise St(rolling my eyes) sneak into the title game and either give credence- to the notion that they don't belong- or shock the world and win it all. Sorry Boise but you have to add better teams to your schedule to be taken seriously. I think that since you went to Blacksburg in 2010 and Athens in 2011 that those teams should come to you in 2012. Beat them both at home, throw in a USC or Texas at mid-season and then and only then can you honestly think about playing for the BCS title.
With all that being said LSU AND Alabama still have to win their remainin games. Like I said before I don't trust either teams QBs- especially LSU's.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Control your situation
At one point I was a missed paycheck away from being homeless and it seemed no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't get ahead. I even tried to find a second job but no such luck. Let me tell you that necessity breeds innovation as I found many new ways to stretch my dollar. Of course a great many things had to be cut out. No more buying video games, no more weekend getaways and I even had to stop buying some of the food I liked. My new job didn't pay much and I didn't have much money put away and things were tight. Some months I just barely scraped by. For a two year period there were so many overdraft protection fees I had to pay my bank. My power had been disconnected twice. My situation wasn't pretty and often it was downright stressful but I couldn't give up. What was I going to do? Go live with my mom?! Not if my life depended on it! I had gotten myself into this situation and would get myself out because that's what I do. How did I get by you ask? Prayer, lots of prayer. I ate a lot of beans and rice. A close friend of mine taught me how to cook a lot of food and then freeze it. I got a raise from my job and that helped out a great deal. Now I'm able to keep food in my fridge, stay current on my bills and I'm also saving money now. You can go anywhere and get financial advice but only you know your truth and only you can decide what's best for you. The major thing is to realize that your on the verge of financial hardship. For some of you, financial hardship may be all that you've ever known. Like most of people your parents just never really taught you how to be fiscally responsible and that's not their fault as they had bigger concerns like keeping food on the table and the power turned on. While I still have a long way to go I feel that I'm finally on the road to financial security and well being
Stay healthy
You can't work and earn money if your always sick. So it's important that you eat healthy and stay fit. Add a salad or fruit to your diet. Go for a two mile walk four days a week. Start taking vitamins so that your immune system stays strong.
What's the plan?
You need to have a plan as you move forward. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate or complicated. Just remember there is often genius in simplicity so don't be afraid to keep things simple. Also remember that the biggest tasks are often broken down into manageable parts. So give yourself small goals to begin with and build off of that. I found daily goals to be helpful. Like getting up at a certain time or getting myself to work fifteen minutes early.
Find your truth
Find out who you are. Know your strength and weaknesses. Seek out people who are successful and find out what they did to achieve their success. Find out what you really want out of life and work towards that goal.
Goodnight and God bless
Stay healthy
You can't work and earn money if your always sick. So it's important that you eat healthy and stay fit. Add a salad or fruit to your diet. Go for a two mile walk four days a week. Start taking vitamins so that your immune system stays strong.
What's the plan?
You need to have a plan as you move forward. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate or complicated. Just remember there is often genius in simplicity so don't be afraid to keep things simple. Also remember that the biggest tasks are often broken down into manageable parts. So give yourself small goals to begin with and build off of that. I found daily goals to be helpful. Like getting up at a certain time or getting myself to work fifteen minutes early.
Find your truth
Find out who you are. Know your strength and weaknesses. Seek out people who are successful and find out what they did to achieve their success. Find out what you really want out of life and work towards that goal.
Goodnight and God bless
It's been while
Followers I want to a apologize for taking so long to post but this program wasn't compatible with my iPhone, until now. And since I don't own a laptop I wasn't able to access this site via my aforementioned smart phone. Funny thing is I only found out about this occurrence recently and by accident. I never said that I was a smart man . Shut up! I am really giddy about this people. You just don't understand. This is my first post of 2011 so I'll just give you a quick recap. I got another raise at work! It wasn't much but it helped me out a great deal. There was also the $500 the state owed me! Where was my interest?! It's funny how when the government owes us money they don't pay interest. I got to call bs on that one. So with this extra money I brought a dyer but my apartment didn't have washer/dyer hookup. In June I moved into a better apartment with washer/dyer hookup and here's the best part. My rent is $37 dollars cheaper
I haven't bounced a checked once all year!!! For me that's huge considering the amount of money I had to burn in overdraft protection fees the last two years. It feels good to be actually saving money now. I just have to keep the ball rolling. I upgraded my checking account and now I actually earn interest on my money in the bank. Who knew?! I should be fine as long as I don't do anything stupid which I almost never do. This year I've also started eating healthier and combined with my existing regimen I'm starting see results I've really committed myself to reading more and right now I'm reading the Odyssey and I have to say it's even better the second time around. The message of the epic poem truly resonates with me. I would advise anyone to read it. Well that's it for now. I promise there will be more to come. Later for now
I haven't bounced a checked once all year!!! For me that's huge considering the amount of money I had to burn in overdraft protection fees the last two years. It feels good to be actually saving money now. I just have to keep the ball rolling. I upgraded my checking account and now I actually earn interest on my money in the bank. Who knew?! I should be fine as long as I don't do anything stupid which I almost never do. This year I've also started eating healthier and combined with my existing regimen I'm starting see results I've really committed myself to reading more and right now I'm reading the Odyssey and I have to say it's even better the second time around. The message of the epic poem truly resonates with me. I would advise anyone to read it. Well that's it for now. I promise there will be more to come. Later for now
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
end of NFL season
The end of another great NFL season is nearly upon us. We had better enjoy it because there might not be any football next season as the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement expires in 2010. For those of you who don't know this is a process if voluntary negotiations between NFL team owners and NFL players association. The Bargaining Agreement sets wage scale, work conditions, work hours, training, health and safety etc. As of right now both sides are so far from reaching an agreement that player reps have advised players to save their last four game checks in preparation for next season's lockout.
Both sides can make a case for why they are right but in the end it is the fans who pay the ultimate price. Owners pay player outrageous sums of money and to cover the cost they merely jack up ticket and concession prices. Are you kidding me? These are grown men being paid outrageously to play a game. When you really think about it the whole concept is ridiculous. It's not like these guys are curing Aids or cancer. The players want more money, the owners want to play them less money and that is what it all boils down to. Seriously, why in the world are there so many preseason games? Because owners realized it was just another way of generating income. Still fans pay close to regular season ticket prices for meaningless games. I would never do it. Now the owners want to add two more games to the regular season schedule, to generate more income. Even in this economy they are trying to suck the fans dry and it's a cry in shame. Of course the players see this and they want more money as well which further strengthens my opinion that it all boils down to money.
Then there is this NFL Direct Ticket. For yet even more money you can watch all the NFL games on Sunday. If you can't afford or just don't want to pay you can watch the matchup scheduled for your local channel. In my case I live in the south eastern region and I'm forced to watch the hapless Carolina Panthers week in and week out. I shouldn't be forced to watch then play and I'm certainly not paying for NFL ticket, it's just not worth it for me.
Both sides have valid points but the fans are the ones who suffer. if there is indeed a lockout and I certainly believe a lockout is eminent a season won't be all both sides lose. I think that the fans will have had enough and many of us won't come back to the game of football. If they think that attendance in many stadiums are down now then wait until they try and come back after a lockout. We the fans deserve more then what the owners and players are giving us. If they really cared about the fans both sides will put their own self interest aside and do what's best for the fans. Otherwise there may not be many fans to come back to. What needs to happen is for a new and rigid pay scale be set into place. Salary caps remain relatively the same but the extra money the franchise earns through attendance and sales is evenly distributed to each of that team's players. It ensures that every player gives maximum effort and it allows for more competitive games. As supposed to paying one single player so much money that you can't afford to keep any surrounding talent. This also allows for the franchise to ease the ticket prices for the fans. Times are tough and the last thing we need is for our favorite teams to screw us over.
Both sides can make a case for why they are right but in the end it is the fans who pay the ultimate price. Owners pay player outrageous sums of money and to cover the cost they merely jack up ticket and concession prices. Are you kidding me? These are grown men being paid outrageously to play a game. When you really think about it the whole concept is ridiculous. It's not like these guys are curing Aids or cancer. The players want more money, the owners want to play them less money and that is what it all boils down to. Seriously, why in the world are there so many preseason games? Because owners realized it was just another way of generating income. Still fans pay close to regular season ticket prices for meaningless games. I would never do it. Now the owners want to add two more games to the regular season schedule, to generate more income. Even in this economy they are trying to suck the fans dry and it's a cry in shame. Of course the players see this and they want more money as well which further strengthens my opinion that it all boils down to money.
Then there is this NFL Direct Ticket. For yet even more money you can watch all the NFL games on Sunday. If you can't afford or just don't want to pay you can watch the matchup scheduled for your local channel. In my case I live in the south eastern region and I'm forced to watch the hapless Carolina Panthers week in and week out. I shouldn't be forced to watch then play and I'm certainly not paying for NFL ticket, it's just not worth it for me.
Both sides have valid points but the fans are the ones who suffer. if there is indeed a lockout and I certainly believe a lockout is eminent a season won't be all both sides lose. I think that the fans will have had enough and many of us won't come back to the game of football. If they think that attendance in many stadiums are down now then wait until they try and come back after a lockout. We the fans deserve more then what the owners and players are giving us. If they really cared about the fans both sides will put their own self interest aside and do what's best for the fans. Otherwise there may not be many fans to come back to. What needs to happen is for a new and rigid pay scale be set into place. Salary caps remain relatively the same but the extra money the franchise earns through attendance and sales is evenly distributed to each of that team's players. It ensures that every player gives maximum effort and it allows for more competitive games. As supposed to paying one single player so much money that you can't afford to keep any surrounding talent. This also allows for the franchise to ease the ticket prices for the fans. Times are tough and the last thing we need is for our favorite teams to screw us over.
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