Article: Spring has sprung, the draft is done; let's shelve the NFL till fall.(Sports)

IF IT'S NOT ASKING too much, in the next day or two, can we please have a furlough from football?

At the risk of being excommunicated from the national religion, I'd like a small break from the NFL.

What's needed is just enough time to be reminded that baseball season is under way, and that the NBA playoffs are heating up, while rumor has it that golf, tennis and other spring sports also are in session.

Rounding the far turn this week is the Kentucky Derby, but the traditional pounding of hooves the first Saturday in May is sneaking up on little cats' feet.

In part, that's because of football. Even in the spring, the NFL sucks all the ...

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