Why Professional Athletes Have Provisions in their Employee Contracts
Most professional athletes have iron-clad contracts that prevent them from activities considered “career threatening”. This includes activities such as skydiving, motorcycle-riding or water-skiing. I once knew a professional baseball player that went on the disabled list because he got tossed off one of those mechanical bulls you see at country-western bars and pulled his hamstring. Of course he told his manager he pulled it while “training” to avoid any penalty that had been written in his contract around extra-curricular activities.
With all that said, I wonder if Kobe Bryant has anything in his contract that prevents him from jumping over moving cars…
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1. vinnie mirchandani | April 12th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
reckless…but if you think about it, it’s just a jumper…so long as you dont screw up timing:)
2. Bill Kutik | April 13th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Great YouTube, Jason. But I think you watch way too many professional sports. Now sailboat-racing is worth watching. Chess played on the water.
3. Delaware Employment Law B&hellip | May 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am
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