Contract Law Analysis: Consideration and Breach in Sports Employment Agreements
Overview
This paper analyzes a contract dispute between football player Golightly and team general manager Rusty Trawler concerning undisclosed schedule modifications. The analysis examines the legal doctrine of consideration and argues that Trawler's failure to inform Golightly of two additional games constitutes a material breach of contract and demonstrates bad faith negotiation.
What this case study covers
- Case background describing the agreement between Golightly and Rusty Trawler for 14 games with undisclosed additional games
- Legal analysis of consideration as the fundamental element in contract law for identifying contract violations
- Ethical and legal critique of Trawler's non-disclosure and argument that consideration requires mutual informed agreement
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Golightly entered an agreement with Rusty Trawler, the general manager of Mercs, after meeting in January. During all the meetings that were held to discuss Golightly's signing, he and his lawyer were not informed that the league had been added another two extra games. The contract indicated that The Player agrees that he will play football during the term of this contract and will engage in activities related to football only for the Club and will play for the Club in all its Conference's
scheduled and playoff games. After Golightly started playing in the team, he discovered that the other two extra games were added, adding to 16 games instead of the agreed 14 games. He immediately claimed that he was not going to play with the agreed payments. On Berman's side, he advised that the contract to be put aside and organize a renegotiation.
In contract laws, there is an element known as consideration, and it is the one that is used in identifying the source of the issue in a contract related case. Consideration analyzes the case together with the contract which the parties had entered in and identifies the missing items and the violated terms. In court, the judge looks at the consideration to come up with a judgment that is not biased. After carrying an analysis of the case, each side of the parties is critically engaged, and the issue is identified.