contracts – protecting rights, minimizing risk, and negotiating fair terms in the U.S. and globally.
Your career has a short window. Every contract should count.
As a sports lawyer in Miami and New York, ChaseLawyers® represents professional athletes, fighters, coaches, and sports organizations in the deals and disputes that shape a career. From league contracts and endorsement agreements to boxing and MMA promotional deals, international transfers, and athlete visas, we review the fine print, negotiate for fair terms, and stand with you when disagreements arise – so you can focus on training and competing.
Talent gets you signed; the paperwork decides what you keep. Option years, guarantees, injury and conduct clauses, exclusive promotional terms, sponsor conflicts, and management fees can all affect your earnings long after the ink dries. Our Miami and New York sports attorneys work alongside your agent and financial team to protect your interests on and off the field.
3k+ contracts – protecting rights, minimizing risk, and negotiating fair terms in the U.S. and globally.
contracts — protecting artists, producers, and their rights across the U.S. and globally.
What Do We Offer You?
Legal Services for Professional Athletes
Player Contracts & Athlete Rights – Know What You Are Signing
Your performance creates the value. Your contract should reflect it.
- Review league, club, and team contracts for guarantees, bonuses, and termination risks
- Work alongside your certified agent where league player unions require one
- Negotiate boxing and MMA promotional, bout, and management agreements
- Advise on grievances, arbitration, and disciplinary proceedings
Endorsements & Athlete Brand Deals – Grow Beyond the Game
Your name sells. We help you control how, where, and for how much.
- Draft and negotiate endorsement, sponsorship, and appearance agreements
- Spot conflicts with team, league, or event sponsorship rules
- Structure merchandise and licensing deals for long-term income
- Protect your name and brand with trademarks and publicity rights
International Sports & Athlete Immigration – Compete Without Borders
Global careers need global planning. We help you move with confidence.
- Prepare P-1A petitions for internationally recognized athletes and teams
- Assess O-1A and EB-1A options for athletes with extraordinary ability
- Review cross-border contracts, transfers, and governing body rules
- Advise on international sports arbitration and dispute resolution
How It Works
How We Work – A Game Plan for Your Career
- Share your sport, career stage, and current or upcoming contracts
- Identify urgent deadlines, risks, and opportunities.
- Hear back within 24 hours with clear next steps.
- Build a plan for contracts, endorsements, and brand growth.
- Map league, commission, governing body, and immigration rules that apply to you.
- Coordinate with your agent, manager, and financial advisors.
- File trademarks for your name, nickname, or logo where appropriate.
- Set clear limits on how sponsors can use your name and image.
- Review management and marketing agreements before you sign.
- Enforce your rights in disputes with teams, promoters, sponsors, or agents.
- Represent you in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation.
- Negotiate new endorsement and licensing opportunities.
- Review renewals, extensions, and transfers as your career advances.
- Support competitions, training, and moves abroad.
- Plan for broadcasting, business ventures, and life after competition.
Professional Athletes
From rookies and rising talent to established veterans in U.S. leagues, international soccer, boxing, and MMA, we help you understand your contracts, protect your brand, and navigate the business side of your sport.
Fighters, Coaches, Agents & Managers
We advise boxers, MMA fighters, trainers, coaches, sports agents, and managers on contracts, commission rules, licensing, and disputes, so your business relationships rest on clear, enforceable terms.
Teams, Clubs & Sports Organizations
We support teams, clubs, academies, promoters, and event organizers with player and staff agreements, sponsorships, media and broadcasting rights, and dispute resolution – in the U.S. and internationally.
Our Reviews
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About Sports Law for Athletes
Clear answers to the contract, dispute, and immigration questions professional athletes ask us most.
Agents focus on finding opportunities and negotiating deal economics. A sports lawyer focuses on the legal side: reviewing contract language, spotting risks in endorsement and management agreements, protecting your brand, and handling disputes. Many athletes use both. We coordinate with your agent so legal and business advice work together rather than against each other.
It depends on the league. In the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL, player unions generally require anyone negotiating a player contract with a team to be a certified agent. In those cases, we work alongside your certified agent and advise you directly. Contracts outside those rules, such as endorsements, can be negotiated by counsel.
Check the length of the deal, exclusivity and competing-brand limits, how the sponsor can use your name and image, appearance and social media obligations, morality clauses, payment and bonus terms, and termination rights. Also confirm the deal does not conflict with your team’s, league’s, or event’s sponsorship rules before you sign.
Look closely at the term and number of bouts, minimum purses, exclusivity, rematch and champion clauses, who controls media and ancillary rights, and what happens after a loss or injury. State athletic commission rules also apply, and federal law adds rules for professional boxing contracts – an area Congress has been actively revisiting, so check current requirements.
It depends on your contract and sport. League disputes often go through grievance and arbitration procedures set by collective bargaining agreements. Promotional and endorsement disputes may go to arbitration or court. International disputes are often handled by governing bodies or the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We explain your options and represent you through the process.
Many athletes use the P-1A visa, which is for internationally recognized individual athletes or teams, with P-1S for essential support staff. Athletes at the very top of their sport may qualify for the O-1A, which requires a major internationally recognized award or at least three of eight evidentiary criteria. We assess which option fits your record.
Possibly. The EB-1A green card is for individuals with extraordinary ability who can show a one-time major achievement, such as a major internationally recognized award, or meet at least three of ten criteria. Athletes can self-petition without an employer sponsor. We evaluate your record and help you build a well-documented petition.
Have a lawyer review management, marketing, and financial advisory agreements before you sign. Watch for high or open-ended fees, long terms, broad powers of attorney, undisclosed conflicts of interest, and no right to review financial records. Clear contract terms and transparency requirements make it harder for anyone to take advantage of you.
International moves involve foreign contract law, governing body and transfer rules such as FIFA regulations in soccer, work permits, tax considerations, and dispute resolution clauses that may send disagreements overseas. We review the contract, coordinate with local counsel and tax advisors when needed, and help you understand the deal before you commit.
Fees depend on the scope of work. We offer flat-fee packages for common services such as contract reviews, plus hourly and retainer options for ongoing representation or disputes. During your free consultation, we explain the scope and fees clearly, so there are no surprises before any work begins.