This little nugget alone is what I am gonna base any of your future arguments on.
Just how conceited are you? People here are giving legitimate arguments to yours (admittantly thought-provoking arguments). And if you don't have a adeqaute rebuttal, you laugh in there face.
To the common fan, this is what it comes down to. The players are and have been making too much money. The competitive market place has caused salaries to increase, far and away faster than any other industry outside of the entertainment/sports world. It's to a point where it's to a detriment to the future of the game.
You can float around all the big words you want, and your vast knowledge of economics, if you actually DO have it. But , basically, that's what most feel it comes down to.
And, by the way, thanks for spending 3 different points describing the difference between "lockout" and "strike". I am sure we can all sleep better at night.
As for your little comment about people on welfare, I never have or hopefully never will have to go on welfare. But, if you can't even mention the possibility that there are certain personal or otherwise circumstances that may cause a person to use this as a last resort. Not everyone on welfare is the type that has nothing to give society, and if you believe otherwise, you are completely ignorant, in lamen's terms, a jerk.