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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Non-competes are BS. You can easily squash that in court.
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As a general statement, they aren't BS, they are enforceable, but only to a point. If the employer is protecting a legitimate business interest, they won't be squashed outright. In this case I would think duration would be the big argument - it would be pretty reasonable, for example, to say that he can't be hired by a new team until after the draft, because the Coyotes want to protect their draft prep. Arguably, you could say he can't be hired until after a certain period of free agency has gone by, for similar reasons, but that's on shakier ground. The longest I can see holding him out from being able to join a new team is the start of next season, but that seems unlikely.
However, take all of this with a grain of salt, as this isn't my area nor do I practice law in Arizona.