If they stuck around past midnight Monday on the East Coast when the seemingly interminable game in Atlanta finally came to an end, they would have heard former quarterback Steve Young use his turn at the microphone on ESPN to deliver a scathing attack on the NFL for treating the referee issue with impunity. So the bottom line is they don't care," Young said. "Player safety? Doesn't matter in this case.Roger Goodell can try to make the NFL safer, but he can legislate that, either. The commissioner power in such matters relies on coercion, and judging by last weekend slate of games, some of the same people he trying to reach couldn care less. A few seemed more determined than ever to wring their opponents necks, regardless of the consequences..

"We are well under way in a planning situation wherein we are working towards professionalisation of cricket in the US," he said. "We are working towards equalising what some of the other Associate nations li