With the player’s lockout looming over the NFL, Nicholls students give their take on the players’ actions and the possibility of no professional football in the fall.

As most of you know, the NFL and the National Football League Players Union have failed to reach an agreement this spring when it comes to meeting salary demands and money issues on both sides.

Freshman Joel Picolo from New Orleans believes that both sides are to blame for this current predicament the NFL is in.

 “Each side has great arguments and terrible arguments,” Picolo said.  “You cannot just choose the players’ side, because they are the little guy and owners are the bullies who are trying to cheat the players out. Each NFL (team) is privately owned, except the Packers, and the money that goes to the team, stadium and everything else comes out of their pocket, but the owners are not willing to show the papers proving they are having financial trouble.”

Most of the men who enjoy football have the same feeling on the situation while most of the ladies say it wouldn’t affect them.  Mass communication junior Lauren Pitre from Cut Off believes that both sides are being childish, but ultimately says that it wouldn’t affect her if football wasn’t played.

I think that every aspect of the NFL has been blown up, and people are losing sight of the central idea of the NFL, football,” Pitre said. “It wouldn’t really affect me because I only go to a few NFL games a year.”

Mass communcation sophomore Abby Thibodaux from Galliano works with the New Orleans VooDoo dance team and said that the NFL not having a season would benefit her because the VooDoo would receive more attention.

 “First of all, I am not a Saints fan. I don’t watch the NFL, but I do know that no NFL would benefit me personally because I’m part of the AFL instead,” Thibodaux said.  “No Saints means the VooDoo get to shine as New Orleans’ premier football team.”

Unlike Thibodaux, geomatics sophomore Joe Joseph from Thibodaux doesn’t know what he will do if there’s no NFL in the fall and believes many people will be disappointed.

“I think a lot of people will be really upset,” Joseph said.  “I know that I will. It will drive me insane because I love football. Men will be in bad moods every Sunday next year. They need to stop being greedy and come to an agreement.”

Mass communication sophomore Megan Soulie from Luling agreed with Joseph and said the lockout is “stupid, because it will give the boys nothing to watch on Sundays.”

Picolo finished up his thoughts on the lockout situation and proposed that the NFL needs to think about its fans.

“The NFL needs to ask what Americans think about some of the situations that they are arguing about,” Picolo said.  “The Americans who watch the games and buy their merchandise are the ones who keep football going.”