The business problems facing a professional athlete today involve a complex set of important considerations which affect both the negotiation of a player’s contract and the conservation of salary and other benefits received while performing as a professional athlete. Meister Sports’ intensive experience in all of these areas will be put to use for your benefit, in a host of different ways. First a
nd foremost, we will provide expertise with respect to the negotiation of your player contract. Over the past 30 years, we have participated in the negotiation of more than 500 player contracts, with individual responsibility for many arbitrations and negotiations both at the major league and minor league level and have negotiated to date more than $1 BILLION worth of player contracts. We pride ourselves on hard work and careful preparation on every contract, paying special attention to minor league and major league contracts where a small increase in salary may have a great effect on a player’s lifestyle. Meister Sports Management has prepared over 100 arbitration cases, some of which have been tried and some of which have been settled and all of our preparation of these cases is done IN HOUSE. We have worked on multi-million dollar guaranteed contracts for such players as RANDY JOHNSON, ROY OSWALT, KYLE FARNSWORTH, TIM WAKEFIELD, CORY LUEBKE, CHRIS SALE, SERGIO ROMO, CLINT BARMES, EDGAR RENTERIA, SEAN MARSHALL. JOE SMITH and DENNY NEAGLE, and prepared a number of complex, high level arbitrations. We are considered by many in the field as the preeminent baseball arbitration experts. The negotiation of player contracts and the arbitration of salaries has given us a special understanding of the market for salaries, one that will work to your benefit when we negotiate. In fact, a number of other agents have, in the past, asked us to conduct their arbitration cases, relying on our expertise. We have also advised a number of high-rated draft choices in the past few years and have developed an expertise in that respect. Our draft experience began with Future Hall of Famer, Barry Larkin and over the last 30 years has included future major leaguers Chris Burke, Ben Revere, Joe Smith, Cory Luebke, Chris Young, Johnny Giavotella, Chris Sale, Chris Smith, Nick Ahmed and Cody Allen. Along with the negotiation of salary, there are a whole host of other issues which we deal with. We are prepared and have extensive experience in dealing with all baseball-related issues, including the negotiation of winter ball contracts, glove and shoe contracts, other promotional and endorsement opportunities, any grievances which may arise involving the parent club or under the Union’s collective bargaining agreement and any other baseball-related matter. In addition, we have experience in dealing with player injuries, and can recommend specialists in any area. We have complete understanding of the Union and major league rules, and can explain and deal with any problem which is baseball-related. There are also a number of other considerations which we will address in terms of salary and financial planning, including estate planning services, financial planning services, insurance services, etc. We can provide guidance in those areas, and can also recommend qualified professionals who will specialize in a whole range of areas providing financial planning services. In addition, if you would like us to provide bill-paying and income tax services, we can perform those services or make arrangements to use qualified professionals for you. Any financially-related problem which you encounter can be handled with great expertise. For insurance and other related services, we can recommend and work with a number of qualified experts who we can use to get the best advice possible.
