The NFL might never have had a more successful season than the one that started on Sept. 9, 2021, and ended last Sunday. The TV ratings were monstrous and the playoffs were so taut that a Super Bowl won on a touchdown with 85 seconds remaining wasn't in the top five for exciting games.
As this was taking place, Major League Baseball was following a 2021 season that ended with its all-time worst ratings for the World Series with a lockout that has no end in sight.
What can be said without question is neither the owners and their man, Commissioner Rob Manfred, nor the players and their leader, Tony Clark, have revealed an appreciation for how much trouble baseball is in with the sporting public — even if everything was going on as scheduled right now in Florida and Arizona.