KBO-CPBL PLAYER CONTRACT AGREEMENT
1) When a CPBL professional baseball club (hereinafter referred to
as a “CPBL club”) wishes to contact and engage a KBO professional
baseball player (hereinafter referred to as an “KBO player”) the
CPBL Club shall first determine the status and availability of the
KBO player by communicating with the KBO Commissioner
through the CPBL Commissioner. The KBO Commissioner shall
notify the CPBL Commissioner of the player’s status and
availability.
2) If the KBO player is not under contract to, reserved by, or on
any inactive list or on any drafted list of a KBO baseball club
(hereinafter referred to as “KBO club”), the KBO Commissioner
shall so notify the CPBL Commissioner and the CPBL club may
then contact and engage the KBO player.
3) If the KBO player is under contract to, reserved by, or on any
inactive list or on any drafted list of a KBO club, the KBO
Commissioner shall so notify the CPBL Commissioner and the CPBL
club shall not contact or engage the KBO player unless approval
to do so is given by such KBO club and the KBO Commissioner.
4) If a KBO club wishes to contact and engage a CPBL professional
baseball player, (hereinafter referred to as a “CPBL player”) the
KBO club shall first determine the status and availability of the
CPBL player by communicating with the CPBL Commissioner
through the KBO Commissioner. The CPBL Commissioner shall
notify the KBO Commissioner of the player’s status and availability.
5) If the CPBL player is not under contract to, reserved by or on
any inactive list or on any drafted list of a CPBL club, the CPBL
Commissioner shall so notify the KBO Commissioner and the KBO
club may then contact and engage the CPBL player.
6) If the CPBL player is under contract to, reserved by or on any
inactive list or on any drafted list of a CPBL club, the CPBL
Commissioner shall so notify the KBO Commissioner and the KBO
club shall not contact or engage the CPBL player unless approval
to do so is given by such CPBL club and CPBL Commissioner.
7) In the event a player who once under contract to a KBO club
but who has most recently been under contract to a CPBL club
desires to return KBO, his status and availability shall be
determined as if he were a CPBL player.
8) In the event a player who was once under contract to a CPBL
club but who has most recently been under contract to a KBO club
desires to return to the CPBL his status and availability shall be
determined as if he were a KBO player.
9) The KBO and CPBL Commissioners shall be advised immediately
of any negotiations or transactions between clubs and players of
KBO and CPBL.
T. F. Yang, Commissioner,Chinese Professional Baseball
Chyung Dai-Chul,Commissioner Commissioner, Korea Baseball Organization
Date : 7/16/1998