This Comment examines the legal challenges a team in the National Hockey League could face stemming from the recruitment and contracting of a player from another country who is already under contract with a team in his home country. Specifically, this Comment focuses on the relevant statutory...

During the early days of professional baseball, the dominant major leagues imposed a “reserve clause” designed to limit player wages by restricting competition for labor. Entry into the market by rival leagues challenged the incumbent monopsony cartel's ability to restrict compensation....

The 1997 collective bargaining agreement between the Major League Baseball (MLB) owners and players' union introduced a luxury tax on club payrolls. The purpose of the tax was to restrain spending by the highest revenue producing clubs, thus enhancing completive balance. The 2003 collective...

By most accounts, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) — the union representing the players in the NBA — conceded a significant amount of money and other contractual terms in the new ten-year collective bargaining agreement (2011 Agreement) that ended the 2011 NBA lockout....

Albert Pujols and Mark Buehrle were Major League Baseball free agents following the 2011 baseball season. Ultimately, Pujols signed a 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Calif., totaling $240 million (excluding incentive provisions), and Buehrle signed a four-year contract...

The impact of contract length on player performance has received attention in the sports economics literature. Players are said to shirk following the signing of a guaranteed contract if performance falls below some level of expected performance. While much of the literature uses OLS to identify...