Actually the players are at 50 for current players with 1 percent going to a more robust retirement fund. The owners are at 50.2 ish. Basically, the bri issue is all but done.
At this point, the players are fighting over the ability of tax paying teams to sign and trade and use a full mle. Because of the bri formula and escrow, that has no impact on salaries.
Thus, 100% of the players might forgo a seasons worth of income so 2% of the league can chase a title by going to a large market team that's a mile over the cap.
That's really stupid if these guys were smarter or the agents or union was giving the honest advice, there is no way this end up at 50.5 after giving up on the other system issues.