Violent collisions are an integral part to the success of the NFL, but medical research suggests those same hits have serious health consequences for players long after they leave the league. The dilemma for the NFL becomes ensuring fan support and financial success while protecting the safety...

Like most businesses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has suffered significant negative impacts from the Great Recession. The league's drop in revenue exposed distinct flaws in the NBA's current business model and in the terms of employment for NBA players. Due to the precarious...

Under the current Major League Baseball Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”), professional players are eligible to file for salary arbitration or free agency once they reach certain thresholds of service time in the league. In recent years, however, Major League Baseball teams have taken...

The NBA's 1999 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) included provisions capping individual player pay in addition to team payrolls. This study examines the effect the NBA's maximum player salary on player rents by comparing player pay from the 1997 - 1998 and 2003 - 2004 seasons while...

NFL franchises are extremely profitable and rank as the highest valued teams in all of sports. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) attempts to maximize the league's value and profitability and share the wealth equitably between players and management by creating, among other things, free...