Agreed...but

I agree with all that.

But I also think that if the owners want the cost certainty of the players getting a certain percentage of the revenue, they also need to do the other things that the other leagues are doing. Opening the books is a huge one.

Is this a true "employer/employee relationship" or is this a partnership? If it's an employer/employee relationship, the players have no right to the books...but risks like economic issues like this also fall on the owners (until they choose to pass it on to the players via future individual contract negotiations and the upcoming CBA negotiations). If it's a partnership, then that's a different issue.

But who in their right mind would agree to revenue sharing if the other side isn't showing you the true revenue?