My sympathy meter doesn't budge for players or teams.

They both make a fortune, and should be happy to be in the position they are.

Still every player should think they are worth top-dollar, because they should play like they are. And every team should consider their players worth the bare minimum - because they want more money for better players.

Reasonable players and reasonable teams manage to come to an agreement. What more can you expect? Teams to pay top-dollar because they get asked? Players to take small contacts because that's all the team wants to pay?

Yeah. And then we'll go play in the jelly bean fields and watch the cotton candy clouds drift by.