Shaquille O'Neal was the leader of this viewpoint.
"What's the point? This is just a dispute between tall millionaires and short millionaires. We need to end all this crap and then keep playing and making money!"
Ewing could no longer control him.
Now, no one could control Ewing.
In the original history of 1998, Ewing had the support of Michael Jordan, with Michael Jordan backing him up.
But in this history, Jordan didn't want to take sides because his next goal was to join the capital side. He didn't want to be the leader against the capital side during this sensitive period.
However, he equally didn't want to stab his former teammates in the back.
So, he chose to watch from the sidelines.
For this reason, the players' union now lacked influential figures to preside.
Just then, as O'Neal, who was furiously outspoken, saw Billy Hunter enter the internal meeting with Roger.