George Nicolau (February 14, 1925 – January 2, 2020) was a labor lawyer and arbitrator, president of National Academy of Arbitrators, and chairman of Major League Baseball’s arbitration panel. He was also an arbitrator for the National Basketball Association and many other organizations in aviation, communications, sports, and entertainment.[1]

Nicolau is best known for his decisions in the Major League Baseball collusion cases known as Collusion II and Collusion III, which resulted in a $280m settlement.[2]

Nicolau's papers are deposited at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University.[3]

A native of Detroit, Michigan, Nicolau died in New York City on January 2, 2020.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (January 16, 2020). "George Nicolau, Arbitrator in Baseball's Collusion Cases, Dies at 94". New York Times.
  2. ↑ Chass, Murray (November 4, 1990). "Baseball; Players Said to Hit Collusion Jackpot". New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Guide to the George Nicolau Papers WAG.250". The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives.
  4. ↑ Blum, Ronald (January 10, 2020). "George Nicolau dies at 94, arbitrator in MLB collusion cases". StarTribune.com. Associated Press (AP). Retrieved January 17, 2020.


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