NBA Lockout Who's Fault Is It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The NBA Lockout is a crazy thing. The owners have locked out the players because they don't like the agreement that was agreed on in the last collective bargaining agreement. Yes they had an opt out clause that they exercised on July 1st 2011. I am usually on the players side in any sports dispute. This time I am on neither side. The owners as always are greedy and want to control the players as much as possible. Just like the owners of the slaves centuries ago, the owners want total control period. The players meanwhile can only blame themselves for this situation. Why? For one they have become fat cats with the guaranteed contracts, they think they can act any way they please because the contract is guaranteed. There are very few out clauses in a standard NBA contract for it to be terminated. So instead of working on improving their game, they just sit back and drag their butts up and down the court knowing the club still has to pay them. Doesn't matter if their performances are garbage they still get paid. Also the quality of play in the NBA has gone on a downward spiral for a number of years now. These kids only play for the money and not for the love of the game, I can count on one hand the skilled players in the NBA. You would think with better technology and weight training the players would be better? Too many players today depend on their athleticism instead of their basketball skills. I would say 80% of the players in the league are there because of their physical talent and not basketball skill level. Another thing: and this is a personal thing with me, I don't like seeing players on the floor tatted up all over their body. To me it looks like a bunch of thugs running up and down the court. Not saying they are actually thugs because some of them are nice people I am sure. It is just not a good look to me and a bunch of other people I know. This is one of the reasons attendance is down all over the league. Another one is most Americans cannot afford the ticket prices, part of this is the economy. Another part is alot of people don't want to go see bad basketball, a bad product. I used to be able to watch an entire NBA Game on television in the 80's and 90's. Now I try to even watch a playoff game and I go to sleep after about 6 minutes in the 1st quarter. A last reason I don't go to NBA Games anymore is too much entertainment crap and noise in the timeouts. What happened to talking to the person beside you about what just happened on the court during breaks in the action? Now it's just convoluted NOISE NOISE NOISE ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!  Myself I would rather watch a good high school game or college game even though the entertainment crap has creeped into the college game also. As it is I say shorten the guaranteee contracts then maybe these kids will play for love of the game and we will get a better product on the floor. This is my rant for today. God Bless and Peace to the Creatures.