Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Matt Sosnick stopped by UC-Santa Barbara last Friday to speak to a Sports Management class. He was very frank in his discussion with students about his former business, his college days, and how Sosnick and Cobbe Sports ended up becoming the large California baseball agency that it is today. Here are some things that Matt…
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The NFL Combine has come and gone. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the players run their 40′s and do their max reps of 225 lbs. I believe that NFL Network did a great job covering the event. If only the network went from school to school to cover their Pro Days, which begin today and go…
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Woody Paige loves him some bowling… Let’s get some more high-profile sports personalities to jump on the bandwagon! On the next video, skip to where there are only :40 left.
Yesterday, Jason Wulterkens looked at how IMG might have been deeply connected to the Stanford Financial Scandal. But IMG and its clients might come away from this potential scandal unscathed. A few Boras clients may have tougher obstacles to overcome. Johnny Damon, Xavier Nady, and Mike Pelfrey have had their bank accounts frozen by the…
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You may have never heard of him and might not know how to pronounce his first and last name, but Nnamdi Asomugha makes a lot more money than you do. In fact, he is now the highest paid player in the NFL, making more than household names like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Terrell Owens. …
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After the University of Alabama looked miserable against the Utah Utes in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, I thought that Alabama’s poor performance might actually have a beneficial effect on Andre Smith‘s draft stock. Alabama’s offense could not move, which Smith’s advisors might have tried to blame on Smith’s absence from the game. But those thoughts…
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After A-Rod’s memorable apology and admission of using steroids and performance enhancing drugs from 2001-2003, many comments and allegations, both positive and negative, have been thrown around. Alex Rodriguez was another big name star on the list of admitted steroid users during baseball’s “asterisks era.” Although Alex did tarnish his reputation by acknowledging his use…
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Anyone know how many kickers have been franchised in the NFL’s history? The Cincinnati Bengals just tagged Shayne Graham and he will receive a nice 1-year stipend of $2.483 million. The New York Giants will pay Brandon Jacobs $25,000 per pound on his body ($6.6 million). Leroy Hill and the Seattle Seahawks are happy about…
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Did IMG and Octagon have a quid pro quo relationship with Stanford Financial Group, the latest house of financiers-cum-crooks (sadly, the line has become a bit blurred of late) that is under investigation by the FBI and that was charged this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with an alleged $8bn…
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From 1965-2001, 961 players in total had been selected in the 2nd round of the MLB Amateur Drafts. Of those 961 players, 876 signed and accepted the signing bonuses proposed by the teams that picked them. 413, or 47.1% of those 876 players eventually played at least one game in the Major Leagues. Only 266,…
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