Examining the Legal and Ethical Issues Involving Minor Leaguers and the Companies that Purport to ‘Help’ Them

By Jack Ladgenski, 3L at Santa Clara Law Issue Whether the practice of “investing” in potential professional athletes’ future career earnings in exchange for a present, relatively marginal, cash sum is unconscionable and qualifies as unjust enrichment; especially when the majority of targeted athletes are non-English speakers from poor backgrounds who are not represented by competent counsel. Background It is no secret that athletes who play in a professional sport’s minor le