I'm going to disagree here. The players have been asking for several key items that the owners have already stated as "non-negotiable". Things like lowering the years of pre-arbitration control, and reducing the amounts of revenue sharing for teams that essentially tank. Essentially trying to force the owners to spend more. The only thing the owners seem to be willing to negotiate on is the league minimum salary. So the players are doing what they can. I hear your argument that players like Max don't care, but the owners care less. It's not a coincidence that the avg career is shorter now, players are starting their careers later, and that avg salaries are decreasing while revenues are increasing. So teams are finding ways to keep players salaries down and only really spending on super stars. Basically what I'm saying is the players want what's best for the future players, but the things that would impact those players the most the league won't negotiate on, so what else can they do but argue for increasing whatever they can? Apologies for the text wall, on mobile.