Labor and Agents

The WNBA players on Monday unanimously ratified their collective bargaining agreement with the league, whose Board of Governors will vote next to memorialize the deal.

Guillermo Zamarripa never reached the World Cup as a player. But the agency he founded now represents more than 200 women’s soccer players across 42 countries — including Zambian forward Racheal Kundananji, whose $788,000 transfer fee last year became the most expensive deal in the women’s game.

MLBPA interim head and lead negotiator Bruce Meyer will be supported by several key members of the union in bargaining talks.

MLB Players Association interim executive director Bruce Meyer says the three overriding priorities of the union are trying to get younger players paid more earlier in their careers; improving competition to the benefit of players; and protecting and advancing baseball’s free-market system.

Bruce Meyer always knew he wanted to be a trial attorney.

The WNBA on Friday afternoon officially announced the nuances of its tentative collective bargaining agreement with the WNBPA, touting a seven-year deal that projects the first multimillion-dollar contracts in league history, increased roster sizes and a 52-game schedule by the end of the deal.

There are around 100 interested parties in The Team, formerly the Wasserman sports and music agency, with “more than 10″ having signed N.D.A.s and “getting a look at the books,” according to Matthew Belloni of PUCK. Some private equity, some high-net-worth individuals, UTA is in (backed by its priva...

Neither NFLPA President Jaylen Reeves-Maybin nor incoming NFLPA Executive Director JC Tretter have taken any media questions after the union’s board of player reps elected Tretter on Tuesday. But given the union’s potential to direct the future of the NFL business in profound ways in the coming year...

In an NIL era often dominated by standout quarterbacks and star guards, Austin, Texas-based A&P Agency has landed one of the most unusual, and mutually beneficial, client pairings since college athletes were first allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness in 2021. Last August, the ag...