What: 2010 Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition
When: January 22-24, 2010
Where: Tulane University Law School. Map.
The Tulane Law School Sports Law Society has been busy inviting law schools to compete in the 2010 Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition. I received an email invite last week, asking if my school (University of Florida Levin College of Law) would be interested in attending.
The Baseball Arbitration Competition is a simulated salary arbitration competition modeled closely on the salary arbitration procedures used by Major League Baseball. Each team will represent either the assigned player for that round or the team for which that player plays. The goal of each round is to determine the salary for that player for the upcoming season by persuading the arbitrator(s) that the position advocated for is more appropriate.
The competition assumes that each party has previously submitted their final offer, and that good faith negotiations have concluded. Each problem will include these final offers; the competitors’ objective is to persuade the independent arbitrator, through both a written submission and through oral arguments, that the offer tendered by their client is the most appropriate compensation for that player. Players used for this competition will, barring unforeseen circumstances, be actual Major League Baseball players eligible for salary arbitration in that year.
The deadline for registration is 5:00 p.m. on December 15.
Cost: $150 per team (2-3 people per team. Only 2 people may participate in any single round). Schools may bring up to 2 teams. Click here to register.
2 replies on “National Baseball Arbitration Competition”
I participated last year. The good: the school paying for a trip to New Orleans. The bad: the competition. Seriously, the judging in this thing is a joke.
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