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Are you a football fan? If so, you may be crying into your beer and pretzels come 2011. We’re looking at a good possibility for a strike, because of conflict between owners and players.

There’s a collective bargaining agreement in place currently, but the owners have decided to back out from it. An uncapped season is the first step toward strike, and this is being put in place for 2010-2011. Unless there’s an agreement, we’re going to see an NFL strike next year.

This potential strike has been triggered by the owners. They are no longer in favor of the agreement they have had with their players. Instead, they favor a rookie wage scale that will let them hold salaries for rookies down, in case their performance does not measure up to expectations.

Under the current system, rookies are paid outrageous sums even if they don’t live up to their hype. They often receive hugely lucrative guaranteed contracts, even though they may not perform up to expectations.

The overall pay scale in the NFL is also under attack by owners. Currently, players are entitled to 59.5% of the total revenues that the league brings in. Owners are not happy about this. They have to deal with falling revenues at the same time that they have to manage the rising costs of maintaining stadiums.

The owners also point out that they bear the cost of promotion and development of the league. Players don’t have to pay out for any of this, and only take profit.

Who knows if they will reach an agreement? It’s going to be a matter of wait and see. Regardless of how t his turns out, there’s a lot at stake. A lockout will put the brakes on NFL’s growing popularity. It will be interesting to see how players deal with being without pay for a year.

This fight could go either way. The NFL currently hopes to expand overseas, and is always trying to grow in the off season to further their revenue. If the current snarl ends in a strike, they can kiss hopes of overseas expansion goodbye.

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