You need to tell the whole story here so people understand it. Yes, the players want to de-link the two. Yes, they want guaranteed raises.
But they are all for capping those raises. Year one would be capped at 2%, anything over that the owners keep (probably a little over $200 million), 4% yr 2, 6% yr 3. There's some safety's in their if it goes under 50 or over 57.