In defense of the players, is in who actually earns the money by being what brings people back. There's a similar distinction in movies that I never hear arguments about. Nobody argues that Jim Carrey isn't worth $25 million for a film. The writers are underconsidered and underdefended. Then there's details like you can't figure out quite why a movie like the Patriot seems so completely special until you realize it was John Williams who did the score.
Kind of off the point though. Earnings inequities exist everywhere. Not to say they shouldn't at least be improved, but if even I want a raise I've got to earn it first. Nobody just gives them out because they think you might earn it. Well...What percentage of HoF players didn't earn in their entire career what guys like Hultzen did without ever playing an MLB game? 95%?
That's all also different than not being payed a fair wage for what you do. Most Minor league players wages are mostly not being discussed in all of this collusion talk. It's mostly about the top tier free agents. I feel the least sorry for them. It's like complaining that Jim Carrey can only seem to get $20 million per film now. Oh well. That's ample compensation in my book. Those are not the players that currently need advocating in defense of their value.
The Dalai Lama quote reminds me of some lines from a song I wrote
"do you know you'll own what your thoughts show, whether it's grief or glee
And do we really need to help pain breed, meditating it to be?"
Not that it's totally original thought, just the way I choose to put it.