Big Deal : How the Influx of Cuban Players Could Affect Labor Relations in Major League Baseball

As trade relations with the United States and Cuba continue to improve (December 17, 2015 is the one-year anniversary of the United States agreeing to open diplomatic relations with the island nation), cigars and rum aren't the only two exports that will soon flood the American market. Cuban baseball players are already coming in droves and are securing multi-million dollar contracts along the way. But what sort of labor implications do these players bring? This paper attempts to examine what issues may possibly come as a result