It's hard out here for a fan. And not just a Minnesota Vikings fan... a sports fan in general. If you're someone who loves attending sporting events, who can blame you... it's a thrill ride for sure... but at what point is too much too much?

I look at this NFL Owners vs. Players fiasco and just shake my head. I don't care what sport it is... or what business it is... a contract should be a contract... a salary should be a salary...

Is an NFL player worth more than a teacher? Do they make more of a difference? Sure, they provide entertainment value that most "teachers" never grasp... but at what point did a $1 million a year salary for 9 months of work become "NOT GOOD ENOUGH"?

PLEASE Player...

Tracy McGrady... $18 Million a Year. JaMarcus Russell... $12 Million a Year... Andru Jones... 16 Million a Year.

For WHAT???

But that's really beside the point... I love attending sporting events... but when I have to pay $240 for 4 nosebleed seats to a regular season game that won't really benefit my life in any way, but pays these insane salaries for so many LOSER players... if I have any common sense at all, I'll say... think I'll just stick to TV.

Some NEW standards (which never will be set) need to be set. Someone needs to step in and say... Minnesota and Wisconsin lost a combined 6,000 teachers last year. To keep those 6000 teachers it would have taken 240,000,000. That's less than the contract for Alex Rodriguez alone. One damn baseball player.

Seriously???

The games need to return to being about the FANS... not the players who get paid by the FANS... not the owners with 8 houses purchased by the FANS...

No more NEW STADIUMS for single sports... No more taxes on the public to pay for owner and player salaries.

Tickets need to max out at $100 BY LAW!!! Come on Obama, do something that's REALLY GOOD for THE PEOPLE.

I could go on and on... but I'm probably no different than that tree in the forest... Even if someone does hear me when I fall, I probably land on the person who heard me fall.

Great victory eh?