90-day Non Compete

[d12345]

Hey all! Being that I prefer playing TEW for max realism I have a question on an implementation that I'm wondering whether it's a 'house rule' I should include in my games.

 

When I sign a big name superstar from a competitor I am toying with forcing myself to observe a 30-90 day non-compete depending on popularity.

 

I would be giving the worker a 3 month vacation before debuting to simulate them having a non-compete in their contract.

 

I would only be doing this for the biggest of big names. Is there a better way to implement this or is this not an accurate representation of how those non-competes are meant to work?

 

Would love some thoughts!

[Peria]

The game already handles this. Their negotiations begin 30 days of their contract being up. They then cannot be used by whoever signs them (outside of the that company) until the original contract expires.

 

Although this isn't exactly what you want, it it represented. I suggest not adding 3 months though, because then you're technically waiting 120 days.

[CQI13]

Also, during the no compete the company they are leaving is the one paying them. If you send them on vacation you are paying them.

[Derek B]

<p>I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure no compete clauses only apply to talent that is released.... I think contracts that expire normally are then free to go wherever they want.</p><p> </p><p>

And as pointed out above, during a 90 day no compete the original employer would be paying for the 90 days, not the new one. So it wouldn't make sense to take money from your own budget if you're doing that. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Historian]

I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure no compete clauses only apply to talent that is released.... I think contracts that expire normally are then free to go wherever they want.

 

And as pointed out above, during a 90 day no compete the original employer would be paying for the 90 days, not the new one. So it wouldn't make sense to take money from your own budget if you're doing that.

 

You're correct. The non-compete clause only goes for workers who are released from their contract. It also is a little misleading. It says that they will get 90 days of their downside guarantee from their original employer if they don't seek out wrestling elsewhere. They can; however, go wrestle if they choose, they just forfeit the money owed to them.

 

If I recall correctly, I believe Alberto del Rio/Patron did just that. He went back to wrestling in Mexico very shortly after he was released (one of the two times he was).

 

So you're only shooting yourself in the foot, because general speaking you're just signing wrestlers who were not resigned, in which case they're free to work right away -- like a Matt Hardy situation. He wasn't released, he served his contract. Same with Moxley.

[d12345]

You're correct. The non-compete clause only goes for workers who are released from their contract. It also is a little misleading. It says that they will get 90 days of their downside guarantee from their original employer if they don't seek out wrestling elsewhere. They can; however, go wrestle if they choose, they just forfeit the money owed to them.

 

If I recall correctly, I believe Alberto del Rio/Patron did just that. He went back to wrestling in Mexico very shortly after he was released (one of the two times he was).

 

So you're only shooting yourself in the foot, because general speaking you're just signing wrestlers who were not resigned, in which case they're free to work right away -- like a Matt Hardy situation. He wasn't released, he served his contract. Same with Moxley.

 

This is good info. Thanks for this! I definitely misunderstood the terms of the non-competes then.

[ubernoob]

This is good info. Thanks for this! I definitely misunderstood the terms of the non-competes then.

 

Yeah, non-competes are generally more for actual business people.

 

In this case, if WWE fires someone it's so they generally have time to line up their next contracts while they get the last of their WWE pay (or so something like Rick Rude/Madusa/etc doesn't happen again, but they might not admit that publicly.)

 

In businesses, they are used so you don't take business/trade secrets to another company or start up your own company in that time frame.

 

That said, they might be going the way of the dodo. Biden signed an executive order on them, which means very little in the grand scheme. There's gonna be a fight around them though.