Late yesterday, the owners approved a deal that would end the lockout. The players aren’t quite ready to put this crap behind them.

“NFL players! Stay strong! We are still fighting for past, present and future players. We will vote when they give us something to vote on!” – Steelers Ryan Clark (Yahoo)

Everybody hopes that a full 16 game season will be played, but the players believe they are getting the short end of the stick. As it is, the NFL just cancelled the Hall of Fame game between the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams which would have been played on Aug. 7.

To read more about the current state of the NFL lockout, go here. 

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Thanks to the lockout, we are seeing first hand what many players would do. From Ochocinco trying his hand, errr, foot at soccer to Dwight Freeny interning at Maxim, the sky’s the limit for these guys who are looking to keep busy during the offseason.
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Mike McCoy is still putting in the hours, but will probably take a paycut soon. (Eric Bakke/Associated Press)

It may be a battle between billionaires and millionaires, but there’s no denying that the NFL Lockout is affecting other people’s livelihoods. Let’s put the top team executives and players on the backburner for a moment and consider who else this is impacting.

Aside from said owners and players, the fans are cited as the people that this is impacting most. However, there are other people involved in this that have income, not fandom, at stake.

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