Cuba to Let Athletes Compete in Foreign Leagues

[YankeeFan]

Potential big news for MLB?

Cuba announced Friday that island athletes will be allowed to sign contracts to compete in foreign leagues, a shift from decades of policy that held professional sports to be anathema to socialist ideals.

The measure promises to greatly increase the amount of money baseball players and others are able to earn, and seems geared toward stemming a continuing wave of defections by athletes who are lured abroad by the possibility of lucrative contracts, sapping talent from national squads.

It was not immediately clear if the ruling would let Cuban baseball players jump to the U.S. Major Leagues without restrictions at home or under U.S. laws that restrict money transfers to the communist-led island.

Athletes will be eligible to play abroad as long as they fulfill their commitments at home, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

http://abcn.ws/1h8ougb

 

[Tarheel316]

Potential big news for MLB?

Cuba announced Friday that island athletes will be allowed to sign contracts to compete in foreign leagues, a shift from decades of policy that held professional sports to be anathema to socialist ideals.

The measure promises to greatly increase the amount of money baseball players and others are able to earn, and seems geared toward stemming a continuing wave of defections by athletes who are lured abroad by the possibility of lucrative contracts, sapping talent from national squads.

It was not immediately clear if the ruling would let Cuban baseball players jump to the U.S. Major Leagues without restrictions at home or under U.S. laws that restrict money transfers to the communist-led island.

Athletes will be eligible to play abroad as long as they fulfill their commitments at home, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

http://abcn.ws/1h8ougb

Could be but I wonder if the embargo might still come into play.

 

[heyabbott]

Can we trade Ted Cruz back to Cuba for a PTBNL?

 

[Tarheel316]

Can we trade Ted Cruz back to Cuba for a PTBNL?

Absolutely, and throw in some cash, too.

 

[Nathan Scott Phillips]

Potential big news for MLB?

Cuba announced Friday that island athletes will be allowed to sign contracts to compete in foreign leagues, a shift from decades of policy that held professional sports to be anathema to socialist ideals.

The measure promises to greatly increase the amount of money baseball players and others are able to earn, and seems geared toward stemming a continuing wave of defections by athletes who are lured abroad by the possibility of lucrative contracts, sapping talent from national squads.

It was not immediately clear if the ruling would let Cuban baseball players jump to the U.S. Major Leagues without restrictions at home or under U.S. laws that restrict money transfers to the communist-led island.

Athletes will be eligible to play abroad as long as they fulfill their commitments at home, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

http://abcn.ws/1h8ougb

Maybe just potential big news for the Blue Jays. Too bad they'd only be able to play home games.

 

[old_tony]

Can we trade Ted Cruz back to Cuba for a PTBNL?

Cuba could offer everything it has and it wouldn't be enough for a trade.