^ Ehh, that's too simplistic to say it is all the players fault. The first few years of the current CBA, for instance, they lost between 10-12% to escrow. Remove the 5% inflator and they still lose a big chunk of their stated salary.
The problem is the result of faulty assumptions by both sides in 2005 that bizarrely was not fixed in 2013: it was believed that as many teams would spend below the midpoint as did above. The midpoint was expected to represent the median payroll, but the very nature of the cap pulls many teams over. As long as the 50% HRR is set at that particular midpoint, the players are going to lose a chunk of money to escrow far more often than not.
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