Tag Archives: collective bargaining agreement

The Lockout Provision

The Lockout Provision

Finding a professional athlete work during a lockout might amount to getting him on teams in other countries or minor leagues in North America. This strategy was widely used during the last NHL lockout... 

The NBA Is Losing Its Competitive Edge

The NBA Is Losing Its Competitive Edge

Matthew Epps, a Spring 2010 J.D. Candidate (like me) from Villanova University School of Law (unlike me), just received a high honor entering his third and final year of law school; he was published in... 

The Cost of Representing Your Country

The Cost of Representing Your Country

Olympic training camps recently began for many hockey-playing nations. However, the chatter surrounding these camps kicked into high-gear a few weeks ago, via Twitter no less. Allan Walsh, a player agent... 

What Exactly is the “Spirit of the CBA”?

What Exactly is the “Spirit of the CBA”?

In June, I wrote an article describing the future implications of the “decade deal” as I called it, on the National Hockey League. A player typically signs a deal longer than ten years for tens of... 

49ers Faithful Are Getting Crabby With Eugene Parker

49ers Faithful Are Getting Crabby With Eugene Parker

The Saints are waiting for Malcolm Jenkins to come marching in and it looks as though the 49ers will be waiting a lot longer for their first round pick to sign.  The battle over next year’s crop... 

Are We Really Needed?

Are We Really Needed?

As somebody already in the sports agent profession or a student looking to one day get your big break, this story may not be something that pleases you.  The title asks, Are We Really Needed? A couple... 

The Economy, the NHL, and Contract Negotiations

The Economy, the NHL, and Contract Negotiations

There has been much concern about the financial conditions of NHL teams the past few months.  Obviously, a struggling economy isn’t good for any sports team.  So how will the depressing economic... 

Losing Some Pals Over Furcal

Losing Some Pals Over Furcal

The biggest sports agent related news of last week had to be the battle of words between the executives of the Atlanta Braves vs. the agents at Wasserman Media Group.  And it was all over Rafael Furcal. ... 

Score One For The Little Guy

Score One For The Little Guy

The NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expires after the 2010 season, and among other points up for debate–including revenue sharing and a rookie pay scale–the NFLPA may want... 

Tumultuous Times for the NFL Players Association

Tumultuous Times for the NFL Players Association

A federal jury awarded over 2000 NFL retirees more than $28 million in damages last week after a three week trial in San Francisco in a class action lawsuit against the NFL Players Association (NFLPA).... 

A Crash Course On MLB Free Agency

A Crash Course On MLB Free Agency

We are in one of the most exciting periods of the year for baseball aficionados.  With the culmination of the World Series, free-agency is quickly approaching.  Use this guide so that you do not become... 

The Pirates Got Boras’ed

The Pirates Got Boras’ed

While I was frantically trying to find a class to substitute the terrible Child Support Enforcement Law that I dropped yesterday, I received an IM from Brian Foley of TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com.  I had... 

Paying The Price: The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Paying The Price: The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

In March 2006, NFL Owners voted almost unanimously, 30-2, to accept the NFLPA’s final proposal to extend its collective bargaining agreement (CBA). On May 20, 2008, NFL Owners unanimously voted to... 

Would An MLB Salary Scale Be Good?

Would An MLB Salary Scale Be Good?

We recently had a deep discussion over whether the NBA Rookie Salary Scale is bad. Commentators seemed to believe that it is actually a good thing that the scale is in place and that the NFL should mirror... 

This NFL CBA Talk Could Take A While

This NFL CBA Talk Could Take A While

We would all be acting ignorant if we were to take at face value what the higher-ups in the NFLPA are spitting at us: that increasing rookie salaries is not one of the main issues of pending talks between... 

NFL Collective Bargaining Answers

NFL Collective Bargaining Answers

Have not been able to get much sleep since the announcement that the NFL owners opted out of the Collective Bargaining Agreement? Doubtful. But if you are a fan, agent, player, or personnel related to... 

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