Essays on Free Agency

Question One

In 1980, baseball players entered into a strike that lasted for eight days as they negotiated to retain the free agency policy that allowed them to play for any team. Their wishes were granted and the strike was called off. Other reasons that necessitated the cancellation of the strike was the fact that the players were not paid during the strike, especially in spring training. Although the last days of the training were interrupted, the start of the regular season in 1981 continued as planned. To some, all was well until later in the mid-season when the players for ...

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Free Will and Determinism Are human actions and behavior predetermined or are they self-caused by will? The debate about to what extent humans are free in making decisions and proceeding with their lives was one of the central problems of philosophy since its emergence. Many bright minds pondered on this problem offering different decisions to it. But what is the whole debate about? It would not be so important and acute if the problem stood by itself. However, the consequences of the decision to this issue strongly influence other questions and fields of philosophy. Particularly, the strongest implications are ...

LIFE STYLE FOOD HUB ENTERPRISES

Abstract The paper aims at outlining the main differences amid utility and profit maximizing league, with a key focus on Europe and the USA and the resulting implications to sports. The study is in agreement with findings from the previous research study that most clubs in America are profit oriented while their European counterparts are after utility satisfaction. Some of the significant aspects that reflect the above findings are the differences in organizational management in the two areas. In America, major decisions that pertain administration of organizations are made by the shareholders and club owners through a voting process. ...

When you are talking about two stars from the same league, there are going to be some similarities. In the case of LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki, you are talking about two future Hall of Fame players with NBA championship rings. You are also talking about two players who never played in the NCAA, going right from high school to the pro ranks as early as the league allowed. However, the career trajectories, the play and the personalities of these two stars show that they are quite different players. Both LeBron James and Dirk Nowitzki entered the game young ...

Article: Patrick Rishe (2015), Major League Soccer Averts Work Stoppage with New Collective Bargaining Agreement. Forbes

Nature of the bargaining

The bargaining is cooperative in nature since the major league soccer management, and the players sought to reach an agreement that would benefit both parties. The parties entered into an agreement that helped prevent the work stoppage in the major league soccer. Each party concerns were addressed in the conflict with the players demanding better terms such as free agency for players above 28 years who have had at least eight seasons in the league.

Underlying causes of the dispute

The main cause of the dispute is the ...

Article Critique

Summary and Analysis

The relationship between marriage and professional success has the same problems when it comes to causality as the age-old debate about the chicken and the egg. Generally, research has shown that, on the whole, married men earn between 10 and 40 percent more than their single counterparts (Cornaglia and Feldman). One of the reasons for this may be what is known as endogenous selection – for example, there may be other factors that explain both success in the workplace and in finding (and retaining) a marriage partner. Also, the professional success may actually explain the marital success, instead ...