AzPatsFan
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This makes no sense, it was the owners who opted out of the CBA and there is little to no doubt that the players would happily agree to return to the one the owners opted out of that's hardly the position of players looking to kill the league.
The UAW workers denied they were trying to kill the domestic unionized auto makers either, until they did. The Owners are the ones saying that they can't continue to go on as it was, or what you think of a return to "normal". Maybe some of the Players would, but the player's lawyers are out to win in court, and they do NOT have to approach the players for approval, any longer, until there is an agreement to be approved.
Many players want more. No franchising, shorter times to Free Agency. The retired players want more pension money, and more health care. More, more, more, when the owners who pay the bills and write the paychecks, are saying there is no more to be had.
The league's lawyers know that a sports league is indefensible froman antitrust standpoint, in many things it does, such as a draft, restraint of player movement, restraint of any new team entrants, a closed schedule between only teams in the "league", to name only a few. Every phyrric victory in court is merely further strangling the golden goose who lays the golden eggs.