Well, there are other things about the CBA that are really the problem. The main issue being how much the players get paid. The owners are saying the players get too much of the pie... so they want to pay the players less. So the players don't like that, so to make the players happy, instead of giving them more of the pie, they are saying they want to make the pie bigger and they can all get their money.
Of course, the players would rather get the money without the 18 game season.... but if there is an 18 game season, it will be because of greed on both sides.
I personally don't care how much money either side makes. It is more than i make and more than enough to live a healthy life. I don't care what their paychecks look like, I just want an undisturbed football season.