Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Can you believe that we are already almost one month through 2012? This past Saturday, I started up a brand new website strictly dedicated to covering the world of Sports Law. It is called Sport-In-Law. Check it out and let me know what you … [Show Me...]
Sponsored Post During their playing days, doesn’t the athlete have a head coach? Don’t they have a specialized coach on the sidelines? Doesn’t the athlete have a coach for his contract (meaning his/her agent)? Doesn’t the … [Show Me...]
It feels like just yesterday that Chris “Beanie” Wells donned the scarlet and gray of THE Ohio State University. It also feels like just yesterday that Wells was signed to DeBartolo Sports. But back in October 2010, Wells switched from … [Show Me...]
What: MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference When: March 2-3, 2012 Where: Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts (map) Panels Art & Analytics of Negotiation Baseball Analytics Basketball Analytics Cuban one-on-one with … [Show Me...]
Yesterday, I mistakenly listed former Alabama linebacker Don’t’a Hightower as a client of Athletes First. The post has since been corrected. Hightower has chosen an agent, but his selection was actually Pat Dye, Jr. of SportsTrust … [Show Me...]
Can you believe that we are already almost one month through 2012? This past Saturday, I started up a brand new website strictly dedicated to covering the world of Sports Law. It is called Sport-In-Law. Check it out and let me know what you think. I am looking forward to serving as an arbitrator again…
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Sponsored Post During their playing days, doesn’t the athlete have a head coach? Don’t they have a specialized coach on the sidelines? Doesn’t the athlete have a coach for his contract (meaning his/her agent)? Doesn’t the athlete have a strength & conditioning coach (also known maybe as a trainer)? Today’s athlete may even have a…
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It feels like just yesterday that Chris “Beanie” Wells donned the scarlet and gray of THE Ohio State University. It also feels like just yesterday that Wells was signed to DeBartolo Sports. But back in October 2010, Wells switched from DeBartolo to Drew Rosenhaus of Rosenhaus Sports Representation (RSR). At the time, it seemed like quite a trend;…
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What: MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference When: March 2-3, 2012 Where: Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts (map) Panels Art & Analytics of Negotiation Baseball Analytics Basketball Analytics Cuban one-on-one with Simmons Fanalytics Football Analytics Franchises in Transition Media Rights: Pricing, Power and Competition Motorsports Analytics Soccer Analytics The Commish: The Role of the Modern Commissioner in Sports…
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Yesterday, I mistakenly listed former Alabama linebacker Don’t’a Hightower as a client of Athletes First. The post has since been corrected. Hightower has chosen an agent, but his selection was actually Pat Dye, Jr. of SportsTrust Advisors. SportsTrust Advisors is the agency that Jimmy Sexton recently left in favor of joining up with the football division at Creative Artists Agency (CAA).…
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Since leaving SportsTrust Advisors to join Tom Condon and Ben Dogra at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Jimmy Sexton has been busy building his football player client list. For many years, Sexton was widely known for representing many of the best coaches in college and professional football. While that statement still holds true today, it would be hard to dispute…
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Sponsored Post One dresses like a slob on the sideline and is something of an anti-hero to millions of fans who know that Super Bowl betting is the best place to find odds. The other is as button down and corporate as they come. Both are highly successful winners from the Bill Parcells tree of…
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There are a few sports agencies that always have a large number of clients selected in the NFL Draft, and oftentimes many of those players are picked in the top half of the draft. Athletes First is one of those agencies. While the company’s Draft class is not as top heavy as it was last year,…
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There have been 22 new athlete agent registrations in the State of Tennessee since July 1, 2011, which is about double the average number of registrations the state typically receives every year. That date just happens to be when The Athlete Agent Reform Act of 2011 went into effect. The Athlete Agent Reform Act of…
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What: University of Oregon School of Law Sports and Entertainment Law Forum – The Changing Face of Athletics and Entertainment in the Northwest When: Friday January, 27 2012 Where: White Stag Building, Portland, Oregon (map) Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Registration 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Panel Presented by Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt: Entertainment in the Northwest …
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