Photo via MLB.com Intro: After a 99 day lockout was implemented by Major League Baseball (MLB), the league finalized a new collective bargaining agreement. In the days leading up to that agreement, the league made a sudden and strong push for the implementation of an international draft. This was something the league felt strongly about... Continue Reading →
Photo via FiveThirtyEight Introduction/History of the Collective Bargaining Tax Major League Baseball (MLB) has already decided to cancel the first two series of the season, and more cancellations are looming with the league and the players association (PA) unable to agree to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). One of the biggest sticking... Continue Reading →
(Photo via: Carlos Osorio/Associated Press) Dan Milstein is one of the National Hockey League’s most successful player agents. Milstein, and his Gold Star Sports Management Group, represent the vast majority of the League’s Russian players, including superstars such as Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the two-time reigning champion Tampa Bay Lightning, future NHL Hall-of-Famer... Continue Reading →
Photo Via: USA Today Russian Customs officials detained WNBA star, Brittany Griner, for possessing vape cartridges containing hashish oil, that were found in her luggage I. Overview The geopolitical landscape of the world right now is fragile — to say the least. With war and destruction taking place in Ukraine after Russian President Vladmir Putin... Continue Reading →
Photo via Houston Chronicle In today’s world , anyone can share their opinion at the click of a button. Social media has drastically shaped and changed people’s opinions on popular discussions including politics, investment trends, and now professional sports. Along with the strong impact of social media, celebrities have major influence on their fans. Earlier... Continue Reading →
(Photo via Darryl Dyck/CP) For all of the posturing that male hockey players, coaches, and their teams do to maintain the purported squeaky-clean, gentlemanly image, there is an undeniable trend in sexual assaults being committed by members of the hockey community. Of course, this trend does not apply to the overwhelming majority. Nevertheless, a string... Continue Reading →
[1] If you were not one of the 70,000 fans in attendance at this year’s Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, you were likely one of the estimated 101.1 million television viewers who tuned in via NBC to watch the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals on a late fourth-quarter drive.[2] These... Continue Reading →
Photo via CowdyCactus Earlier this month, ESPN’s Don Van Natta, Jr. revealed that the Dallas Cowboys paid a $2.4 million settlement to four members of the team’s cheerleading squad in May 2016. This confidential settlement was the result of a 2015 incident in which Cowboys’ Senior Vice President for Public Relations and Communications, Richard Dalrymple,... Continue Reading →
Photo via CNBC Over the last year, Trevor Bauer’s future as an MLB pitcher, let alone as a free man, was in purgatory. There were rumors the former Cy Young award winner might never pitch again. In August, ESPN reported sources close to them expected the league to levy a significant suspension against Bauer, and... Continue Reading →
[i] Wagers placed on Super Bowl LVI reached record highs as legal online sports betting continues to boom in the United States following the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. In May 2018, the Supreme Court rescinded the federal ban on sports betting, opening the door to the legalization... Continue Reading →