Owners want to both control expenses completely & have unlimited revenues. They believe players will bend if not break on these subjects. It's a new group of owners who didn't live through 70s/80s or 94-95. They think they will win absolutely. Only solidarity will counter that.
With regard to controlling expenses, what they really want is an agreement with the Union to control the expenses of the owners who would otherwise spend more in order to try to win championships. It's anti-competitive at its core, yet it's called the "competitive balance tax."
I know that ship has sailed and the Union has proposed a CBT of its own already, but the phrase a rising tide lifts all boats applies both ways. When the top of the market is artificially restricted, the bottom of the market sinks as well.
I hope you like my mixed metaphor using ship and boat in the same tweet. 😉
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