From what I read earlier the owners want the CBA numbers to be lowered because some teams are not that strong financially. For this reason the owners want the players to accept a lowner CBA.The players have said they won't go along with that. So the owners feel they need to let the CBA expire and have a lock out until the players lower their demands.
Also, the TV networks are questioning if they want to pay the same money for their contracts as last time, much less increase it. This looks like it has the making of being brutal, especially if the players end up with a lawyer, trying to make a name for himself, leading them.
Why is Jerry Kramer not in the Hall of Fame?