[PGR88]

Could this potentially shut down the NFL?

No, it just means a couple years of expensive legal wrangling, sitting through a lot of ridiculous news coverage and TV talking-heads, then some mult-billion dollar class-action settlement, 40% of which goes to lawyers. Then expect higher ticket prices and even more commercials during football games.

The beat goes on....

[1rudeboy]

Absolutely not. It will result in parents not allowing their kids to play at the high school stage, and earlier. The pool of available players will shrink at the college level. The quality of professional players will adversely be affected. The product will suffer.

The only question is, will the fat-ass owners sitting on their artificially-generated monopoly see the rocks before the ship hits?