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"So the NFL lockout has ended in some kind of deal that I would summarize here except that the details of professional sports contract negotiations make my eyes glaze over and, since I'm no longer getting paid to edit NFL labor stories for a daily paper, I've reverted back to ignoring all those details.
My frustration with this long saga isn't just with the tediousness of the dispute, it's based more on the perpetual missed opportunity that professional athletes' unions largely ignore to build connections with other workers in other unions."
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Cosma Shalizi gives a very clear and understandable explanation of what the recent "theory of politics" kerfuffle was all about, really.
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