Last week, Tim Beckham received a $6.15 million signing bonus after being selected first overall by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft. The $6.15 million bonus is the largest sum that any drafted player has received in the history of the MLB; it is $50,000 more than Justin Upton received as […]
Category: Contract Negotiation
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 it as soon as possible. But what about the MLB? Would it make sense to mandate slotting […]
Before I get into the actual topic of the post, let me just say that I have received a handful of emails asking about how many people and the specific names of those that Dynasty is advising after the MLB Draft. This information will soon be made available to the public, but for now, I […]
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 the NFL, there is some information that you should be aware of. Luckily, the NFL recently put together a Q&A […]
The 34th annual Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) conference begins this afternoon in San Francisco, with top legal executives of the four major leagues and the heads of the four players unions on the agenda of the three-day meeting. The SLA conference will conclude on Saturday after one panel featuring MLBPA Executive Director Donald Fehr, the […]
Dynasty has three new interns. There were so many qualified candidates that there was no way I could just stick with two. Congrats to the three who were chosen. I am continuing to work on a complete overhaul of this site’s look, which is still planned to be finished by the end of this month. […]
You are an MLBPA licensed agent. You finally have a guy listed on a 40-man roster. In fact, he has been playing so well lately that his club wants to lock him up in a long-term deal. Do you sign your player to the deal or hold off and hope that your client continues his […]
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(CB)A – League
Good news today as the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) and the Football Federation Australia (FFA) came to a historic agreement: The first A-League CBA. [FFA create bargaining agreement] The A-League has been in operation for 3 seasons (or ‘versions’ as it is more commonly referred to), and while there have not been major problems in […]
If you missed my interview with Leigh Steinberg, I suggest you check it out. I am no longer a 1L! For those of you non-legal people, that means that I made it through the toughest year of law school. Hopefully, it will be all smooth sailing from here. I am back home in South Florida, […]
I have briefly touched on AFL and free agency in the past, but a story came to light this week that has brought it back on the agenda. Player Agent Ricky Nixon has said that over the past couple of years, players that he has represented have been severely affected by the lack of free […]