Salary Caps and Franchise Valuation Floors

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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