
Salary Caps and Franchise Valuation Floors
From It's Just Business by Chris Lawrence
June 1, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 229
About this episode
The episode discusses the proposed salary cap in MLB negotiations and various financial aspects of sports franchises.
Topic Rundown: MLB Proposes Salary Cap as Part of CBA Negotiations with Players, Full Details Revealed MLBPA’s Initial Proposal Sets the Stage for High-Stakes Labor Fight Group led by Egon Durban to buy 25% of Las Vegas Raiders at $9.9 billion valuation Shedeur Sanders Banked Record $17.7M in NFLPA Group Licensing Income Bonus Jason Kelce content: Kelce on NFL Sundays CBS Sunday Morning piece on Kelce co-owned Golf course (with Bill Murray and Tom Koyne) that is half a mile from Chris in the great Western Catskills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Chris Lawrence
Topics covered
- salary cap
- CBA negotiations
- franchise valuation
- NFLPA
- labor fight
- sports business
Keywords
- salary cap
- CBA
- franchise valuation
- NFLPA
- labor negotiations
- sports business
- Egon Durban
- Shedeur Sanders
- Jason Kelce
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MLB, MLBPA, CBS
Books & works: CBS Sunday Morning
Places: Las Vegas Raiders, Western Catskills
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