Perfect Game, the world's largest youth baseball scouting service, is nearing an agreement on a multi-year memorabilia deal with Fanatics. This deal has raised significant concerns among baseball agents, who argue that Perfect Game's requirement for amateur players to sign away their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights to participate in tournaments is exploitative and unethical. Agents fear that these contracts could negatively impact the future earnings of young players. The concerns have been echoed by several agents, highlighting the potential long-term implications for the athletes involved.
While Perfect Game's upcoming multi-year memorabilia agreement with Fanatics is seen as a landmark deal, the contract has stoked worries among a group of baseball agents. The requirement that amateur players sign away their NIL is seen as exploitive. https://t.co/xhWuByqslM https://t.co/A6vSE9fuPD
From @TheAthletic: Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball scouting service, is expected to agree to a multi-year memorabilia deal with Fanatics. But baseball agents are calling the company's contracts "unethical." https://t.co/HK3unSzhk9
Many baseball agents believe that Perfect Game’s requirement that amateur players sign away their NIL rights to participate in tournaments is exploitative. Which makes their rumored impending deal with Fanatics that much more concerning. https://t.co/xhWuByqslM https://t.co/nwNlrfQF5e
Here's a big NIL story involving youth baseball players signing away their rights in perpetuity with Perfect Game and potentially Fanatics. Agents are sounding the alarm. https://t.co/aknCCSdZnU
Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball scouting service, is expected to officially agree soon on a multi-year memorabilia deal with Fanatics. @Britt_Ghiroli spoke to more than a half-dozen agents and all had concerns about the arrangement ⤵️ https://t.co/xhWuByqslM
Exploitative. Unethical. Costing players future earnings. Why the Perfect Game, Fanatics deal has agents raising concerns: https://t.co/N0PSWDDgRz
It’s wild. But it is true that once the deal is done. He can’t do anything else for the previous team. You would think “let the inning play out” but let’s say he tried to score on a bass hit and gets hurt at the dish or pulls a hammy deal could be voided. This is the real world https://t.co/GQDbqrRzFj