CESARE P. DELUCA Baseball Operations & Sports Law

Arbitration & Writing

Arbitration & Writing

Salary arbitration work, player valuation materials, and legal writing on sports law, NIL, athlete representation, antitrust, and technology in negotiation.

MLB Salary Arbitration

Arbitration Work

TIBAC salary arbitration work covering player-side and club-side presentations, performance valuation, comparables, market benchmarking, and rebuttal strategy.

Player Side

Jarren Duran v. Boston Red Sox

Salary arbitration briefing and exhibits built around player performance, comparable markets, and award-position support.

Club Side

Boston Red Sox v. Jarren Duran

Club-position arbitration package with brief, exhibits, and rebuttal work focused on valuation discipline and case response.

Player Side

Cal Raleigh v. Seattle Mariners

Arbitration exhibits and rebuttal work applying performance evaluation, positional context, and market benchmarking.

Club Side

Cincinnati Reds v. Alexis Diaz

Arbitration exhibit package using relief-pitcher comparables, statistical context, and club-side valuation framing.

Featured Legal Writing

Athlete Representation The NCAA Player Rights Initiative: Modernizing NCAA Athlete Representation Centerpiece sports-law writing piece developed through ASU's Sports and Entertainment Law Journal and edited and revised by Professor Don Gibson, an ASU Law Professor of Practice who has been appointed to lead the Allan "Bud" Selig Sports Law and Business program. Gibson has taught sports law and business at ASU since 2015 and has held senior sports-industry legal and executive roles with Major League Baseball and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. PDF

Legal Writing