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Pirates sign draft pick, avoid labor confusion

By Rick Karcher, Michael McCann, Geoffrey Rapp, Greg Skidmore, and Howard Wasserman

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A couple of weeks ago, I linked to commentary on a brewing dispute between the Pittsburgh Pirates and their top draft pick, Pedro Alvarez, that threatened to raise some open issues of the labor agreement. Well, the question is moot (the car is mine); the Pirates and Alvarez have agreed on a contract worth approximately $ 6.4 million, slightly more than the original purported agreement, but over a longer term.

Update, 6:30 p.m. E.D.T., Monday:

Mark Fenster at PrawfsBlawg (whose original commentary I linked to and who comes at this as a life-long Pirates fan), gives his thoughts on the deal. Note, by the way, discrepancies as to the precise amount of the final deal.

Full post as published by Sports Law Blog on September 22, 2008 (boomark / email).

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