Ibrahim Abdul-Matin on Why The NFL Should Have Stayed Locked Out

The Takeaway

Football fans rejoiced this week as NFL owners and players came to an agreement, avoiding a lockout which would have jeopardized the 2011 season. But Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin  wasn’t among them. In a blog post, he writes, “I wanted owners to feel a bit of the pain. I wanted players to go finish their long-forgotten degrees and fans to spend Sundays at church or maybe even throw the football around with their children.”

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