Shut up and Play

If it's just a kids game why do you care so much? Why does everyone care so much? Thats why they get paid so much. They get paid that much because there are very few people who can do what they do at the level they do it. Why don't the owners put replacements in at a cheaper rate? because nobody wants to watch it. That's why the players don't just give in.

How much would you want to get paid to be the top in your field, stay in shape year round, be away from your family, work weekdays, weekends, and on holidays, be subject to severe physical injuries, possibly develop mental illness and maybe paralysis, and only be able to work for an average of 5 years? How much do you think you need to retire on at age 35 with kids still in school? do you think your friends and family will ask you for money?

Players are free agents. The players are the commodities and they want their money. When you go to a game, did you buy your ticket with your hard earned money to see: the owner or the players? When you buy a car do you want your payments to go towards the car or to go to commissions for the sales guy?