Women’s Professional Soccer has agreed to player contracts that will guarantee National Team players a minimum of $40,000 per year. See the official press release here. In addition, the League set a per team, $565,000 salary cap. The Leaguewide average salary will be about $32,000. As of now, the players are not unionized. According [...]
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If there is one thing the David Beckham situation has made abundantly clear, it’s that MLS does things differently. During the negotiations with Milan, I’ve been repeatedly asked to explain the MLS contract system. In the traditional soccer model, players are owned by individual teams and transferred (i.e. sold) when two clubs (and the subject [...]
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With David Beckham’s long rumored transfer to AC Milan seemingly imminent , it is worth examining the implications of the move. First, a little background: Beckham came to the L.A. Galaxy on a “free” in 2007 after finishing out his contract with Real Madrid. While the exact terms have always been sketchy, it has long [...]
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