Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Brandon Thorn has Marcell Dareus listed as the #1 Defensive End in a 3-4 scheme and #1 Defensive Tackle on his 2011 Top 5 at Each Position List, #4 on his 2011 Big Board, and being selected #2 overall by the Denver Broncos in his 2011 NFL Mock Draft. No agent ever wants to lose…
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Since being drafted in 2008, Earl Bennett has caught 100 balls for a total of 1,278 yard and 5 touchdowns. The former 3rd rounder from Vanderbilt has had moderate success in the NFL, but by this point in career, many people expected him to be gaining more than 561 yards in a regular season, which…
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It is possible to include the profession of sports agent within a broader category of Sports Law professions, but Sports Law has the potential to incorporate a multitude of legal disciplines, including Contract Law, Intellectual Property Law, and the art of negotiation (which certainly plays a key role in every lawyer’s practice). Those three areas…
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Many agents take little to no commission on a client’s signing bonus when he signs a professional contract after being drafted in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. Thereafter, at a minimum, the client will ask his agent to pay for his equipment. Over multiple years, this cost adds up. All the while, the agent continues…
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In the past three months, I have traveled around the country, speaking at six different universities. Most of the time the topic touched upon, or was centered on, ethics in the sports agent profession. A common question from the audience is how to fix a system that practically allows agents to give student-athletes benefits without…
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Travel, travel, travel…it’s all I seem to do lately. Although after this weekend’s trip to Boston to speak at Suffolk Law School (I’m speaking there tonight), the traveling will settle down for a bit until I head up to Washington D.C. for the Sports Lawyers Association Conference mid-May. I just sat through my first mediation.…
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As I wrote on March 20, 2011, Jeff Schwartz is keyed in at Connecticut. At the time, my money was on Kemba Walker signing with Schwartz. It’s too bad that no one offered to bet against me. Kemba Walker has made it official that he will be leaving Connecticut a year early and has signed…
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My alma mater, the University of Florida, has had a good number of strong basketball players come through campus in the past decade, which is quite an accomplishment for the institution, considering it has never really been known as a basketball powerhouse. Two national championships and an Elite Eight run in 2011 definitely helps build…
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Temple University earned a #7 seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and knocked off a weak #10 Penn State basketball team in the round of 64 of the Tourny. Unfortunately for the Temple Owls, they had to match-up against #2 San Diego State University in the next round and lost 71-64. One of Temple’s stars…
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Late last night, it was reported that the Golden State Warriors is going to hire Bob Myers of Wasserman Media Group as the Warriors assistant general manager. Myers would not be the first basketball agent to switch to the team side of the business. Jason Levien went from representing Kevin Martin, Luol Deng, and Courtney…
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