Gary Wichard, the former NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor at the top of successful football agency Pro Tect Management (which he founded in 1980) has passed away. Multiple sources including a member of Pro Tect Management has confirmed the agent’s passing. Wichard had represented some of the best in professional football. At one point in time, Jason Taylor,…
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Mar
11
Gary Wichard Of Pro Tect Management Has Passed Away
Mar
11
Agent Selection Scenarios: Notre Dame Basketball
Notre Dame is a very impressive team, that has only lost to 5 teams this year, 4 of them being Big East powerhouses, and the other is the University of Kentucky. The Fighting Irish are a sexy pick in NCAA brackets, but there is a lingering concern that they lost in the first round last…
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Mar
11
Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/11/2011)
The Miami Heat ended their losing streak by defeating the 2010 World Champion Los Angeles Lakers for the second time this season. And order is restored in the world. On Beyond The Game last week, I stated that it is too early for people to start panicking about the Heat. The NBA is comprised of…
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Mar
10
Harvard Law School 2011 Sports Law Symposium
What: Harvard Law School 2011 Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, March 25, 2011 (9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.) Where: Ames Courtroom (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) and Austin West (1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) PANEL #1 – AMATEURISM PANEL - 9:30-10:40am Different sports entities answer the question “what it means to be an amateur” in different…
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Mar
10
Agent Selection Scenarios: Pittsburgh Basketball
I have received good feedback on this new column and plenty of Retweets on Twitter for the features on Ohio State Basketball and Kansas Basketball. Keep those Tweets coming! Up next is the University of Pittsburgh, who many claim to be the beast of the Big East. They have a big game in a few…
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Mar
09
Aiming For The Top! – Episode 10: Life is Short
This is an in depth weekly series that chronicles the quest of a boutique hockey agency, VSM Hockey, to reach the top of the NHL hockey agent world. Its story is narrated by its president and founder, Nikolaï Ray. Life is short and fragile. One never knows when it may end. This is why it is…
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Mar
09
Former Hendricks Sports Agent Rodney Fernandez Charged With Grand Theft
According to Tweets by Melissa Segura of Sports Illustrated, Rodney Fernandez has been charged with grand theft based on allegations that he stole money from Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman, Kendry Morales. More specifically, it is based on an allegation that Fernandez is linked to $300,000 magically disappearing from Morales’ bank account. Fernandez…
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Mar
08
Agent Selection Scenarios: Ohio State Basketball
We are eight days into the month of March, which means that the NCAA Tournament is right around the corner. Before the teams are selected for the Tournament, many schools will battle to earn an automatic berth by winning their respective conference championships. With so much focus on NCAA Basketball, we figured that we would…
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