http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2006/02/11/alfonso-sorianos-arbitration-case/ A blog for sports agents: Discussing sports business news, Sports Law, and other interesting sports related material Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:28:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2006/02/11/alfonso-sorianos-arbitration-case/comment-page-1/#comment-370 I Want to be a Sports Agent » Blog Archive » Analysis of “The National Hockey League and Salary Arbitration: Time for a Line Change” Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:28:15 +0000 http://dhpromo.com/blog/?p=44#comment-370 [...] As discussed in the post on Alfonso Soriano’s arbitration case, Major League Baseball uses a “Final-offer” arbitration system. This means that each side of a salary argument (player and team) propose what they feel is the correct salary figure. A panel of three abitrators must select either offer. They cannot choose a number that was not submitted by either side. Such a system is designed to fuel compromise and to cut down the actual number of cases that make it to a hearing. [...] [...] As discussed in the post on Alfonso Soriano’s arbitration case, Major League Baseball uses a “Final-offer” arbitration system. This means that each side of a salary argument (player and team) propose what they feel is the correct salary figure. A panel of three abitrators must select either offer. They cannot choose a number that was not submitted by either side. Such a system is designed to fuel compromise and to cut down the actual number of cases that make it to a hearing. [...]

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