In 2014, opening day rosters in the National Basketball Association listed 101 players born outside the United States, Major League Baseball boasted 224 players from countries such as Japan, Korea, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Japan, Cuba, and Mexico, not to mention the many players from other countries in the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, and
"Green Card"
How Can Foreign Professional Athletes Stay in the United States When the Arena Goes Dark on Their Career?
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in Immigration
Consider the following hypothetical drawn from a real world example of a professional hockey player.
Devon was a Canadian professional hockey player in the NHL. He entered the NHL as a first round draft pick in the 2000 Entry Draft. Devon spent 10 seasons playing in the NHL where he developed as a defensive role…