Frankly I think the lack of appetite for labor news speaks to the ADHD nature of today's sports mediots. Once topics veer out of their comfort zone or become too complex, they want them to be over. They're actually more inclined to be more pro owner than player once the games again commence. Ripping players is second nature to them, and in the NFL the players have made themselves easy pickin's for the most part. On and off the field.
Tom must have missed De's PR snafu last week when he went on WFAN and claimed that the owners had never contributed a cent to retiree pension benefits since nineteen ninety something - when in fact they had contributed $350M in just the last couple of years. I think the owners are now in spin mode to debunk the myth that all the poor players get is money they predictably blow on excessive bling and poor lifestyle choices that leave them destitute because their enslavers didn't provide enough of a safety net for them...