Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Take a second and nominate me (@DarrenHeitner) as a “Rising Star in Media” for the First Annual Untitled Sports Media Awards Project. You can insert http://www.sportsagentblog.com as the Nominee URL. Thanks! Shabbat Shalom SAB readers. A new study from Cambridge University states that Ashkenazi Jews (descendants of Jews from Medieval Germany) have an IQ that is 20%…
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While powerful NBA agents are lobbying National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Executive Director Billy Hunter to decertify the union, team owners are busy plotting their next moves (or lack thereof). Negotiations between players and owners have been, and will continue to be, very slow moving. In the meantime, NBA-related events and opportunities will be cancelled. Eventually it…
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Trades and signings have consumed many football fans’ lives since the end of the NFL lockout. The bulk of the signings have been between teams and undrafted free agents (UDFAs). We covered the player/agent relationships for those drafted in Rounds 1-7 of the 2011 NFL Draft (and have done our best to update it based…
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On Tuesday, July 27, 2011, Pat Dye Jr. welcomed Len Pasquarelli of The Sports Xchange into his SportsTrust Advisors office to observe what was expected to be a day of madness – the first day teams could contact veteran free agents and rookies since the start of the NFL lockout. Pasquarelli’s subsequent write-up describes what sounds to be a busy day at…
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BenJarvus Green-Ellis has left Eugene Parker and Roosevelt Barnes of Maximum Sports Management and signed with Joel Segal of Lagardère Unlimited. Earlier today, I noted that Barnes and Maximum Sports also recently lost Marvin Austin to Impact Sports. Segal and Lagardère earn the right to not only represent a talented runningback, but also a player who embraces his awesome nickname on Twitter. Green-Ellis is…
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Roy Sports Marketing Group (RSMG) is a Brand Development & Sports Endorsement Firm, specializing in maximizing an athletes off the field business opportunities. The company has just announced the signing of the NFL Linebacker, Zack Follett of the Detroit Lions. RSMG will be handling the marketing, branding, endorsements, partnerships, sponsorships and other various business opportunities…
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As I reported earlier today, Robert Quinn’s former agent Carl Carey, Jr. is suing Quinn, Quinn’s Business Manager, Impact Sports Football, LLC, and two of Impact Sports’ agents based on what I deem to be only two counts worth litigating – 1) tortious interference with contract and conspiracy; and 2) breach of contract. But the Robert Quinn drama…
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Carl Carey, Jr. and his company, Champion Proconsulting Group, Inc. filed a Complaint against former University of North Carolina defensive end Robert Quinn, Quinn’s Business Manager, Impact Sports Football, LLC, and two of Impact Sports’ agents. Carey, Jr. wants to make sure that the first $300,000 Quinn receives from his contract with the St. Louis Rams…
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Want to see a website that looks like it was created in 1990, replete with graphics that look like a 5-year old created and background music that you cannot turn on/off? Well here you go. That website is the home of Fireworks Sports Marketing, the brainchild of sports agent Tara Modlin. At least the company’s Facebook…
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Former Gaylord Sports Management baseball agent Jason Dubin was booked for two counts of aggravated luring of a minor last Thursday. Dubin had attempted to meet two underage girls for a “blowjob tutorial” when he was busted by the Phoenix Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. As James King of the Phoenix New Times wrote, For fictional sports agent…
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