02.26.2018

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General News

Mike Reynvaan was quoted extensively in the Law Week Colorado article, "What’s in a Collective Bargaining Agreement?" regarding collective bargaining agreements in professional sports.

One of the biggest differences for CBAs in sports is that each individual player is represented by an agent and has a contract with the team. Compared with a company like UPS, the largest employer of Teamsters, this is unique. Contracts vary from player to player in many aspects, and each has to be league-approved.

“Many are significantly different in terms of what they can do in terms of other activities like off-season activities, they’re very highly regulated,” Perkins Coie partner Mike Reynvaan said. Mike has handled many collective bargaining agreements and has previously worked with sports organizations such as the Seattle Sonics.