The lockout is beyond bad news... almost beyond words.Because there hasn't been much for Timberwolves-specific news lately, I have been updating you on the NBA lockout. Well, I'm hear to deliver more bad news. The NBA has cancelled the first two weeks of the regular season, with more cacellations seeming inevitable.
The league has now progressed to the fourth month of the lockout; a lockout that could potentially alter the entire 2011-2012 season.
With every missed game, the NBA loses ground. From laid-off NBA staffers to arena employees that go without work, and the NBA looks like the bad guy (true or not? that is your call). The point is there are people besides the players that rely on the game for their livelihood who are now going without work.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the middle class is always on the sidelines of these dilemmas, yet are always the most drastically affected. You can't tell me that the players and owners won't be fine if there is no season. These guys are millionaires and billionaires. The stadium crew, the concession workers, the blue-collar guys? Will they be fine after no work for a year? Doubt it.
Not to mention the resentful fans. In every previous lockout, apologies by players and owners weren't enough; it took a couple seasons for the sport to compensate for the setback caused by the lockout.
We as fans are stuck, unhappily, and waiting out this whole ordeal. Thanks a lot, NBA.
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