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MLB proposes limiting most free agent contracts to 5 years and 15% of a team’s salary cap

Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team's salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out details of a plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players' association. MLB's plan would eliminate deals such as Juan Soto's $765 million, 15-year contract with the New York Mets. The league said just seven players this year exceed the proposed maximum and 98% of free agent contracts would not have been impacted. "There's no question that we're very far apart," union head Bruce Meyer said during an online news ...

Ohio lawsuit alleges new NCAA rule unfairly denies high school Class of ’22 athletes a 5th season

Less than 24 hours after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules, a group of 15 college basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. The NCAA will now allow athletes five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first. The move will all but eliminate waivers or redshirt years for extended eligibility except for religious missions, ...

College Sports Commission wins key ruling in winning oversight of certain multimedia rights deals

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal magistrate ruled Thursday that multimedia rights companies that represent athletic departments can continue to be subject to the same rules governing millions in third party name-image-likeness payments to players that are reshaping college sports. Northern District of California Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins, who was appointed to hear disputes related to the landmark House settlement, denied a request to rule that MMRs and third-party brand sponsors should not fall under the same reviews by the College Sports Commission as do collective and ...

NCAA Cabinet tweaks college football calendar with 14-week season and bowl rule change

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Cabinet has approved a series of changes to the college football calendar, including standardizing the Bowl Subdivision regular season at 14 weeks, and a proposal surfaced to further tighten the January transfer portal window. Beginning in fall 2027, teams will be able to schedule up to 12 regular-season games for the 14-week season that ends following Thanksgiving. It allows for two bye weeks as well as "standalone weekends" for conference championship games and the Army-Navy game. The cabinet this week also cleared the way for teams ...

Nailers in jeopardy of losing longtime affiliation with the Penguins

The Wheeling Nailers may be losing their nearly three-decade long affiliation with the Pittsburgh Penguins. On Thursday, David Hoffman, founder and chairman of the Hoffman Family of Companies, the new principal owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins and also the owner of the ECHL’s Florida ...

Lowe, Davis homer to lead Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Thursday. Lowe's homer was a solo shot off Bryce Miller with one out in the bottom of the first inning to open the ...