Baseball arbitration; Delay in Contador decision; Dirty business
January 17, 2012
It's almost Baseball arbitration time
142 Baseball players have filed for salary arbitration for the 2012 season. Arbitration hearings will take place between February 1-21 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Usually a number of agreements take place just before the club and player are scheduled to have the arbitration hearing. One player scheduled for arbitration this year was Nyger Morgan of the Milwaukee Brewers. However, Morgan and his agent won't have to make the trip to St. Petersburg this year. The Brewers reached an agreement with Morgan and avoided arbitration with the outfielder. Morgan made $471,5000 last year with the Brewers and will get a raise up to $2.35 million for the 2012 season. This was Morgan's first year of being eligible for arbitration and salaries usually take a significant jump when a player goes into his first year of arbitration.
Controversy in Contador matter will delay CAS decision
If you were expecting a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the Alberto Contador doping case this week, you will have to wait another two weeks for the court to issue its decision. The court announced that because of questions about the panel's impartiality, there will be a delay in the final decision. The court asked the International Cycling Union, the World Anti-Doping Agency, Contador and the Spanish Cycling Federation if they wanted to change the make-up of the decision making panel. All of the above parties declined to make any changes in the panel.
Lawsuits in a cutthroat business
The agent business is as cutthroat as any business in the world. Stealing of an agent's client by another agent happens with great regularity. Agents certified by the NFLPA can file a grievance with the union when they feel another agent interfered in the existing agent-athlete relationship. However, this past spring and summer the NFLPA decertified and this allowed an open season on the poaching of clients. Now one agent is using the court system to ask for monetary damages after he lost a client of his who was a first round NFL draft pick.
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