Appalling Contracts

Some well known British athletes have been told not to sign the new Team 2012 contract, because the drafting of the contract has been deemed by the athletes' lawyers to be "appalling".

The draft contracts propose that athletes promote corporate "partners", selected from a list of 2012 sponsors that includes Lloyds Banking Group, Adidas, EDF Energy and Samsung.

Richard Butcher, a solicitor at Payne Hicks Beach, said that the wording is unclear and appears to limit athletes' ability to arrange their own sponsorship deals.

One agent is quoted in the Guardian:

"Any athlete who sat down and read this properly would have an issue with it.

They're signing their rights away to be used by pretty much whoever."

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