Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
We are currently live from the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium. Click here to watch the live stream of the event. There’s no other way to celebrate the completion of the event other than a nightcap at my favorite Gainesville restaurant, Dragonfly. See some of you there? Next Wednesday I will be making the trek…
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Sports agent Casey Close of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) had to love the small window between when Ben Sheets first hit the mound for a throwing session last week and when the CAA client signed with the Oakland A’s this past Tuesday. Not only was it a quick turnaround, but Close had Sheets sign a contract…
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Remember my post about the National Baseball Arbitration Competition hosted by Tulane Law School? Well it has come and gone. It took place from January 22-24 and congratulations are officially in order for the following schools who were well represented by their students. 1st place – Denver Law School 2nd place – Notre Dame Law…
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With so much talk about the collective bargaining agreement negotiations occurring within NFL and NBA circles, the MLB often gets left out of the discussion. All three sports’ collective bargaining issues will be discussed this Friday at the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium. Anyway, the current MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on December 11, 2011.…
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Last week, the UFC opened the doors of a first-of-its-kind, UFC Gym in Concord, California. The 40,000 square foot super-gym started things off with style, hosting a variety of UFC fighters such as Chuck Liddell and John Fitch, as well as UFC president Dana White for a grand opening celebration. With over 3,500 people signing…
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Welcome to the first edition of Let’s Make a Deal. Darren and I have spoken about this column and feel that it is worth a test run, so naturally we need your participation! Basically, this column is a mock negotiation. In each post I will take one college football player who’s expected to be drafted…
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When Chris Bosh was awarded his own domain, chrisbosh.com, along with the 754 other domain names, from cybersquatter, Luis Zavala, Bosh stated, “I am thrilled that I am able to offer the return of these domain names to a host of other athletes and celebrities whose names were cybersquatted. I will offer the return of the domain…
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Well another quiet, but productive, week in Chicago. At this point in the season though, unless I’m going to a tournament to scout, no news is usually good news. Matt has continued to play well since getting called up last month – in fifteen games with Dayton, he’s registered three assists and has a plus-six…
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I have been lax with the articles lately, but there is one topic in the NHL world that has been staying close to the surface for some time now. Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers is in the final year of a 5 year, $32 million contract that was signed in October 2005 and will…
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