MLB Proposes Plan for Cuban Baseball Players to Sign Directly with Teams

Major League Baseball has submitted a proposal to the Treasury Department of the United States that would set up a committee made up of "Cuban entrepreneurs and officials from MLB and its players’ union" and allow MLB teams to directly sign Cuban baseball players, per Ben Strauss of the New York Times, citing the league's top lawyer, Dan Halem.

The committee "would function like a nonprofit and support youth baseball, education and improving sports facilities in Cuba," and it would be paid a portion of any salaries signed by Cuban players.