Arrogance of Players and Owners

[CbrewEra]

What do these men realistically have to complain about?

This lockout effects so much more than whether or not LeBron gets paid 16 million or 14 million (these are made up numbers)

People rely on jobs produced by these games to support their families.  They work these 9-5's that help them keep dinner on the table.  If these NBA players and owners can not see that their petty arrogance and desires are potentially going to be the difference between whether a family eats or not, then are they worth us as the fans time?
The amount of revenue they bring in to areas surrounding the arenas drops drastically, and a major dent is inevitably put into the economy. 

Something tells me regardless the outcome, dinner will be served at every NBA players house every night throughout the lockout.

[Fafnir]

Something tells me regardless the outcome, dinner will be served at every NBA players house every night throughout the lockout.

What is this supposed to mean?

The NBA players and owners don't have an obligation to make a labor deal they aren't happy with just to keep various bars, marketing people, and apparel companies in work. They have every right to look out for their own interests when it comes to the labor deal. The NBA is a for profit business and the players are highly compensate professional athletes. They have no obligation to consider the sports bars around the stadium that rely on NBA games for business when it comes to their own financial decisions.

I do agree that both sides are arrogant. In my view the arrogance comes from the lockout alienating fans and hurting the league that they make their living off of, not from not considering the industries that the NBA creates business for.

[Chris]

The NBA players and owners don't have an obligation to make a labor deal they aren't happy with just to keep various bars, marketing people, and apparel companies in work. They have every right to look out for their own interests when it comes to the labor deal. The NBA is a for profit business and the players are highly compensate professional athletes. They have no obligation to consider the sports bars around the stadium that rely on NBA games for business when it comes to their own financial decisions.

Agree completely.  Although I do wish they would stop pretending they care.  The condescending pandering that they are required to force into every interview or tweet is not making anyone feel better.  Just leave the fans and everyone else out of it.  I feel pretty confident the arena workers are not coming up during the negotiating sessions, so there is no need to mention them when you talk to the media after. 

The peripherals getting hurt is part of business.  It is not a good part, but it is just how these things work.  No need to treat people like idiots and think you can convince them that you care about anything other than maximizing your own profits.

[Q_FBE]

The real shame of it all is that the casual fan will move on to somewhere else to get his sports entertainment fix. The real losers are the hardcore NBA fans that look at the NBA as a time honored tradition.... and remember the stars like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, John Havlicek, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Magic Johnson and more recently Micheal Jordan and Lebron James.

It took me a number of years to get back into hockey but the Boston Bruins of 2011 made it and I get that Nutty Ventures tune vibe to bring back memories of Fred Cusick and WSBK-TV.

What will wake up the Ghost of Johnny Most?