The lockout was easier than all this.
The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion.
Pro football hasn't quite fallen into a great abyss with the players' union decertifying, then the league imposing a lockout. The end of winter is nowhere near as critical a time for the NFL as the end of summer, when the real games begin.
