Major and Minor League Baseball Education Program

The comprehensive education in the program will give players everything they need to succeed in their careers in baseball and beyond. Each of the eight weeks will focus on a different topic related to sports and the law.

A handful of courses covered:

• MLB and the Commissioners of MLB: A review of how MLB was created and the evolution of the figure of the Commissioner of Baseball, from Kennesaw Mountain Landis to Rob Manfred.
• Collective Bargaining: A brief explanation of what Collective Bargaining is and the evolution of the Collective Bargaining Agreements between MLB and the MLBPA and between MiLB and the MLBPA.
• Free Agency: Free Agency is an employment concept recently incorporated into the CBA that changed how the whole industry operates. This section will review the history of free agency, from the Curt Flood case until the recent creation of rules like Revenue Sharing and the Competitive Balance Tax.
• New technologies and advanced statistics: A brief explanation of how new technologies and advanced statistics have changed the world of baseball.
• The Signing of International Baseball Players: The process of signing foreign-born amateur and professional baseball players by MLB teams is regulated by the MLB Rules, the CBA, and working agreements between MLB and other professional baseball leagues. In this section, we will explore: The requirements outlined in the MLB Rules, CBA and working agreements as related to the signing of foreign-born amateur and professional players by MLB teams; the process of ‘buying players’, i.e. buyouts, from other professional baseball leagues; and the international draft.