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I never did understand the whole 'the owners are richer so there's a massive power disparity between them and the players' idea from which so many arguments arise.
The players have a union that specifically looks out for their rights and earning power (except in this case--I sincerely hope that whoever is in charge of the NFLPA gets axed HARD over this if/when the salary cap fails to rise as much over the next few years as it had during the last few), and as you say they're all in the top 1%. Hard for me to get worked up when we're talking about grown men playing ballgames on international TV and making generational wealth for their time and trouble.