Beamer's return home, the looming NFL lockout, and other things I think I think

So I havent addressed anything in the sports world yet, so here it goes.
-Shane Beamer is coming home to Virginia Tech to become the RB's coach!!!!! This was inevitable. Its about time he came home. I did not expect him to coach offense though. In the past 11 yrs, he has been a coach at great programs such Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Mississippi St, and most recently South Carolina. While he was the special teams coach at his two most recent stops, we all know that is Dad's bread and butter and I dont see Frank giving that up. The real reason Shane was brought in this year is......recruiting. He served as the recruiting coordinator the past 3 seasons under Coach Spurrier and helped bring in 3 straight top 20 classes including five 4 Star recruits!!!!! And we all know recruiting is why VT has not stepped up into the National Title picture. Hopefully the kid can bring it!!!!
-To the NFL and the NFLPA, shame on you!!!!! First, the NFLPA brings a proposal of a 50-50 revenue split to the table. They now say it wasnt a real proposal. Well no shit. In what world did they think the owners would give up half the money? What was Exec. Dir. Demaurice Smith smoking? So now in response the NFL has filed a unfair labor practice against the NFLPA. Its saying the NFLPA does not in good faith want to negotiate a new deal before the March deadline. I'm not sure who will be victorious in this situation but I do know there is only one loser: NFL FANS!!!!! Aren't these guys old enough to remember 1987? Greedy bastards.
-Last Saturday night, 34 yr old Fedor Emelianenko got dominated and beaten to a pulp in the 2nd round of his matchup vs Antonio Silva in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament.  While Fedor has reigned as the top P4P in the world for some time, it is fair to say at the age of 34 he may have lost a step. He did not have the same power and pop he once manhandled opponents with. As Fedor alluded to, it may be time to hang up the 4 ounce gloves.
-I think the proposal of the NFL owners to go to an 18 game schedule is absurd!!! The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl playing a combined total of 24 games (4 preseason, 16 regular season, and 4 postseason). Bodies were dropping like flies and its hard to imagine the quality of games an 18 game regular season schedule would bring. How bout this? Dont mess with a good thing.
-Are the St. Louis Cardinals really gonna let Pujols go into the season without working out a contract extension? Letting the best player in the game become a FA is not how championships are won.
-There is no way the Heat will get past the Celtics in the East. They just cant match the intensity and havent had enough time to build real chemistry. Lebron thinks he can just turn it on in June but his past tells us different. I'm thinking a Celtics-Spurs Finals.