That's right, I said it! I've been saying this since the Butch Reynolds controversy in 1992. It is time that all of the nations get together for an international sports convention. Like the Hague (whose laws settle international disputes) and Berne (where copyright jurisdiction is the same from one country to another), an international sports convention can:
1) draft laws assuring due process. Butch Reynolds should have been allowed to go to Barcelona as an alternate pending an international hearing (of couse, in this situation, Spain and the United States have to be a signatores). Butch ran in the 92 US trials because the Courts here said that he had due process rights.
2) Would prevent countries raiding players from each other without penalty or compensation. For example, if an NBA team signs someone from a European league, that NBA team, under the convention, would have to compensate the Euopean team. The same would be with MLB signing players from Japan, etc (George Steinbrenner paying the Yamiuri Giants for landing Hideki Matsui?????).
3) May resolve, or even prevent, nonsense like these allegations that have come out recently. Peace.
1) draft laws assuring due process. Butch Reynolds should have been allowed to go to Barcelona as an alternate pending an international hearing (of couse, in this situation, Spain and the United States have to be a signatores). Butch ran in the 92 US trials because the Courts here said that he had due process rights.
2) Would prevent countries raiding players from each other without penalty or compensation. For example, if an NBA team signs someone from a European league, that NBA team, under the convention, would have to compensate the Euopean team. The same would be with MLB signing players from Japan, etc (George Steinbrenner paying the Yamiuri Giants for landing Hideki Matsui?????).
3) May resolve, or even prevent, nonsense like these allegations that have come out recently. Peace.
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