NBPA’s Regulatory Failure Results in Million Dollar Judgment Against Malik Beasley

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer A union’s animating – indeed statutory – purpose is to protect its members. The unions representing players in the major American professional sports leagues are no different, doing battle with leagues and teams on a daily basis over the collective bargaining agreement governing players’ employment and disputes arising thereunder. One of the other ways in which players unions protect their members is through their regulation of agents. However,