I'll concede that it's certainly a bit ironic that player are arguing against the kinda of contracts on which they've been thriving, but you can't blame the players for that, at all.

Think about it, if someone handed you $10,000 and said, "you can take this, but there's a chance it will affect the entire economic system and its viability," you probably wouldn't think twice. You'd take the cash because you're only human.

It's really the owners' fault for offering these deals like candy, effectively piling on a bad, unsustainable situation. While the players may have known the deals weren't the best thing for the long term economics of the game, they can't be blamed for accepting offers from the owners that were, for better or worse, "status quo."

Cheers

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