Why Sports Negotiations Have Become So Contentious?

Anyone who has been involved in an organized sport, whether it is backyard football or a high school sports team, knows that these sports all have organizations that are responsible for setting rules, determining conditions of play, and penalizing individuals who infringe the rules. Some of the organizations like the National Football league and the MLB are familiar to most people, the rules they follow are not generally understood by anyone who is not closely associated with the sport. Most fans and sport critics assume that what is happening inside these organizations are of little concern to them. However, this is not the case. In the MLB, the New York Yankees spend an excessive amount of money every year to obtain big name players. A

There are twenty-five players who make more than ten million dollars per year, a price that, ten years ago, only two

Many fans throughout the U.S. blame the high priced contracts on the athletes, but they are not the source of the problem. In a sense, the athletes are just getting their piece of the pie. What the athletes make

Collective bargaining and unions have had a considerable effect on fans through professional sports. Because of these contract negotiations, athletes in recent years have benefited from an increasing share of ticket and television profits. Collective bargaining has resulted in strikes and lockouts and has disrupted several seasons through cancellation of games or even ending a season. The televising of sporting events has become the largest source of revenue

This is why pro sports players don’t get paid too much. Pro sports players don’t get paid too much. If anything they don’t get paid

Whether it be baseball, football, soccer, or basketball, sports are appreciated not only in America, but all over the world. One of these sports that is particularly popular in America is Football. The immense crowds of people who sit at a stadium or on the couch to watch a game never fail to recognize every single play on the field; however, many fans pay little to no attention to one of the most important components of the game, the player-association relationship. When signing a contract with an NFL team an NFL player is effectively dedicating his life to his new organization. His duty is to play for his team in order to make the organization money, and money they make. In the NFL last year “each team received $226.4 million” (Brady 1).

On Friday, September 8th, 2017, a federal judge, Amos Mazzant, declared that Dallas Cowboys running back, Ezekiel Elliott, did not receive a fair hearing in his appeal, therefore, immediately halts his entire six game suspension for the 2017-2018 NFL season until further notice. According to the article,” Mazzant agreed with players' union lawyers that Elliott didn't receive a "fundamentally fair" hearing in his appeal and he granted the NFL Players' Association request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking the league's punishment” (Dixon). There were numerous factors that led to U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant’s ruling such as to not allow Commissioner Roger Goodell and Tiffany Thompson, a former girlfriend,

Athletes and the sports industry have turned into a multi-billion dollar business annually. Stacked on top of that is that leagues and educational institutions receive multi-million dollar media contracts each year. This is so that broadcasters such as NBC, FOX, and TNT have the rights to broadcast that team or leagues games. The surge of money in the sports industry has led to an influx of agents into the world of agent athletes.

Lots of people and families watch football every weekend, and it is one of the most popular sports in the United States, but could some team names be racist and derogatory. Teams such as the Redskins should be required by the NFL to change their name because of several reasons. First off, lots of people all over the U.S. think the term Redskin is rude, and should be changed. Second, there would be some benefits to changing the name, and third being that the name is offensive and derogatory to Native Americans.

Sports Agents have not been around for a long time. “Until the 1970’s, very few players had agents because teams would not deal with agents (Masteralexis, 244).”

Consequently, negotiation is a process that can be approached in many ways. No matter what strategy we choose, success lies in how well we prepared. The key to negotiating a beneficial outcome is the negotiators’ ability to consider all the elements of the situation carefully and to identify and think through the options. At the same time, negotiators must be able to keep events in perspective and be as fair and honest as circumstance allows. Because a common ground or interest has brought the parties to the negotiating table, a negotiator can benefit by trying to capitalize on this common

Simply put resting at a conclusion after a negotiation may not necessarily be the ideal outcome unless cooperative is achieved by both parties. Bargaining in general could involve parents, friends, teachers, spouses, employers, and so on (Anderson, 2013). Likewise companies also negotiation contracts with one another or individuals involved within the companies.

It is a complex social process which already becomes part and parcel of our society.

Negotiation is a complex process. Fells (2009) defines negotiation as “a process where two [or more] parties with differences which they need to resolve are trying to reach an agreement through exploring for options and exchanging offers” (p.3). For most employers, salary negotiation is standard and expected. For the prospective employee, negotiating a salary and benefits package requires knowledge of negotiation tactics and an understanding of his or her desired outcome. Furthermore, effective negotiation requires the negotiating parties to adapt his or her tactics and approach to the environment (Korobkin, 2014). Negotiating salaries is unique because the stakes are

Even though team owners sometimes acknowledge that the subsidies they receive are related to the scarcity of franchises, owners ' demands for public assistance is more often pressured by financial issues that have changed the financial side of professional sports. For example, player salaries have increased rapidly as a result of athletes earning the right to sell their services to the highest bidders (free agency). Normally, these high bids come from teams in the largest markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.). Since the leagues protect the power of teams in these markets are able to refuse the creation of new franchises or the movement of existing teams into their market areas, the owners of these coveted franchises amass large revenue bases and can thus afford the best players. To offset the advantages of large market teams, owners in smaller regions seek public subsidies that will permit them to earn revenues similar to those of the teams in the biggest markets. (Pitts, Statlor 2007)