Within hours after Angels owner ArteMoreno said he might uselanguage in to protectthe team against hissubstance-abuse relapse, the players’ union i sued that NFL Dallas Cowboys Jerseys baseball’s collectively bargaineddrug policy “supersede(s) all other player contract provisions and explicitly prevent(s) clubs from exactly the type of action Mr. Moreno alluded to.”
Now stepping up to the plate:MLB chief legal officer Dan Halem.
“We obviously have a different view than the players’ a sociation regarding the club’s rights under these circumstances,” Halem told .
If Moreno pursues the matter, seeking to recoup some of the millions remaining on Hamilton’s contract, Amari Cooper Jerseys the commi sioner’s office and the union could face off in a second arbitration hearing over Hamilton.The first hearing resulted in an arbitrator’s ruling April 3 that Hamilton had not violated his mandated drug-treatment program by self-reporting a relaspe and, thus, could not be suspended.
Hamilton’s $23 million salary for 2015 became guaranteed on opening day, as . ButHamilton who Dallas Cowboys Accessories is rahabbinga surgically repaired shoulder and isn’texpected to be able to play for at least another month, according to the Times is slated tobe paid $30 million in each of the next two seasons. That’s 60 million reasons Moreno might seek another battle, with Hausen and MLB’s legal team on his side.
Asked last week whether Hamilton would definitely play again for the Angels,: “I will not say that.”
One po sibility is a buyout, but bothsides would have to agree on it and the players’ union typically frowns on any sort of discount on the money owed on a contract unle s the Roger Staubach Jerseys player gets some other benefit in return.