AFL in '09

The Arena Football league founded in 1987 has suspended the 2009 season to retool for the following year. This will probably not be the last league to go through some major reorganization during these hard economic times. However, what are owners and players doing? The Mets and Yankees have asked New York for an additional $450 million in assistance. free agents are asking for even more money. The greed out there in the industry can quickly turn people away from sports. Yes, sport is a release and there will be fans. But with more companies slashing spending and their payrolls, sport better take a critical look at itself or it will make itself economically obsolete and alienate even more fans. Once burned or annoyed, will these fans ever come back?
Gil-