The Italian league had a lock out a couple of years ago for about a month or two. It wasn't over pay demands or any of that BS tho, it was because rules state that ever team entering the new season has to be debt free and quite a few teams weren't. I don't remember the exact specifics but it did happen.
But yeah, the lockouts and shit in North American sports is a disaster, you don't see this BS in Europe too often, if a player isn't happy about how much he is paid, he simply moves clubs.
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