From the very beginning of free agency, the owners abused the system as rich teams tried to buy pennants and they drove the salaries up and they created the current baseball economics.
Yes, it is true that not many professions earn what baseball players do. But few people can hit a 95-mph fastball, and few can throw one. And baseball careers can be very short.
Finally, a lockout is the owners' way of stonewalling. That failed in 1994 and will fail now. And I also reject your view that the players take a lower position than the owners. The hell with the owners. No one owes them anything. Let them be satisfied with what they have.