Francys Romero of Las Mayores reports that Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation have agreed to terms on a deal that will allow Cuban players to sign with the MLB without having to defect from Cuba.

The deal aims to end player trafficking, as having to smuggle players out of Cuba has led to players being threatened, kidnapped, and/or extorted. While the two organizations have agreed to the terms, the last hurdle will be whether or not the Trump Administration will allow it as the deal falls under Obama-era regulations which Trump has threatened to roll back.

“Players would come to the United States on work visas, and teams would pay the CBF, a nongovernmental organization that runs pro baseball in Cuba, for the release of their rights,” Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports explains. “Similar agreements exist in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. In the deal with Cuba, which runs through 2021, players who are 25-years-old would receive a mandatory release, allowing them to come to the U.S. Younger players would be released at the CBF’s discretion, sources said.”

“Major league teams would pay a release fee on top of the money owed a player,” Passan continues. “For those under 25, the fee would be 25 percent, and only the money paid to the players would count against the team’s international signing-bonus pool. For those 25 and over, who are considered professionals, the fee would be on a sliding scale between 15 and 20 percent.

There could still be instances of players defecting, in which case there are rules that state they will need to wait before they sign. They would be subject to a waiting period of as long as two years after establishing citizenship in a new country, and the MLB team that signs him would still have to pay a release fee to his former Cuban club.

While MLB has spent years and millions of dollars lobbying for an agreement, it could all fall apart if the Trump Administration doesn’t allow it. The hope is that the idea of making the path from CBF to MLB safer for players outweighs any national security concerns the opposition might have.

“We have to see how it works, but it should be great for the players,” Livan Hernandez, who defected to the U.S. in 1995 and pitched in the majors from 1996-2012, told Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post. “Players will be happy to play in the best league in the world and show their skills. There’s a lot of talent in that country.”

Cuban players currently in the MLB include Aroldis Chapman, Yoenis Cespedes, Yasiel Puig, Jose Abreu, Rusney Castillo, Jose Iglesias, Raisel Iglesias, Leonys Martin, Kendrys Morales, Alexei Ramirez, Yasmany Tomas, and Yulieski Gurriel. Former Cuban MLB players Rey Ordonez, Jose Contreras, Yunel Escobar, and Jose Fernandez, join those currently in the MLB as having had to put everything on the line to defect and play in the MLB.

Players will no longer have to take the risk, if the United States government allows the deal. Should it not intervene, players could begin coming to the MLB at any time.

MLB released a statement on the behalf of Abreu below.