the owners have a really good system that guarantees them a lot of profits. i can see why they dont want to change it substantially.
the problem for me is that owners want to institute necessary changes in the pace of play and the players wont agree to it without getting more money.
i wonder what the dymanic behind the scenes within the ownership group is? the big owners surely want to pay less revenue sharing and less tax, but the small owners want more revenue sharing and dont give a damn about the tax. small owners probably dont want arbitration messed with at all, and probably dont want to increase minimum salaries. how do the players - who obviously side with big spending big markets - split them from the small owners and get enough middle market owners to embrace a more moderate position? an international draft? give up some of the salary increases for first three years in exchange for a higher luxury tax ceiling?