Will this ruling affect the sports world? - eviltoast
The FTC has banned noncompete agreements
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The FTC says the ban will mean higher wages for workers.
  • Banzai51@midwest.social
    2·
    7 months ago

    Professional sports players are not barred from seeking employment with other teams after their contracts are over or terminated with their original team. This has zero bearing on sports.

    Have to remember how non-competes work. They barred you working for competitors in the same field AFTER your employment ended.

      • Banzai51@midwest.social
        21·
        7 months ago

        Other thing to remember is these have been largely unenforceable for decades, unless you did something like take client lists, source code, etc from your former employer.

        And I hope this didn’t come off as negative or condescending.

        • JimmyBigSausage@lemm.eeOP
          2·
          7 months ago

          No not at all. I’m sure it could affect broadcasting in that presenters like Brent Musberger had to wait moving to different networks for periods of time. More shall be revealed.

        • Omega@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 months ago

          I’ve definitely heard about a lot of people impacted by non-competes over the years. In my field it was anywhere that you could reapply the solutions you found with that company, which sucked when that was your expertise.

          More recently I’ve been hearing that it will be really good for game developers amid the layoffs. Allowing them to go indie where they couldn’t before.