Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
With the NBA still no closer to a resolution over the lockout, many players are upping their interest in playing overseas. First off, it was the fringe players who sought out deals, realizing that their playing career in the NBA would be most hurt by the stoppage. Noting this, recently re-signed Portland Trailblazers guard Patty…
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With his recent hit on quarterback Andy Dalton in the preseason, the debate has raged across the football nation as to whether Detroit Lions star defensive tackle, Ndamukong Suh is a “dirty” player. The answer to this is up for debate, but one thing that has been indisputable is Suh’s impact on the Motor City. …
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What: The Boston Chapter of Women In Sports and Events (WISE) present “Understanding the NFL & NBA Labor Disputes and Their Economic Impact” When: Wednesday September 21, 2011 (6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) Where: Nixon Peabody LLP (100 Summer Street, 25th Floor, Boston, MA 02110) Panelists: Robyn Glaser, Senior Advisor to The Kraft Group, Club Counsel to the New England Patriots Keith Glass, Basketball…
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I had been hearing rumors of a switch of representation for New York Jets tightend Dustin Keller for a couple of weeks now, but could not get it confirmed. Luckily, Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal did the dirty work and had Drew Rosenhaus admit to the change. Keller was drafted by the Jets with pick #30 of…
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The NFL Players Association will soon resume its regulation of agents who represent football players in contractual negotiations with teams. The NFLPA Board of Player Representatives recently passed a resolution to adopt and implement an agent regulation system that will have identical language as the system in place prior to the NFLPA’s decertification back in March 2011.…
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What: National Football League Players Association Chicago, Illinois Seminar When: September 30, 2011 (9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Where: Hyatt Regency Chicago (website) The Chicago, Illinois seminar is not mandatory, since the NFLPA does not currently regulate agents. Further, the players association realizes that the seminar was created on short notice (but…
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The State of Oklahoma now has a special sports agent prosecution team, which was announced by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt last Friday. The prosecution team is led by an attorney within the Attorney General’s office, and will include investigators who will be hired to investigate situations as they become apparent. On the surface, it is a…
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Las Vegas was an absolute blast. Many thanks go out to my friends at Pro Player Group, LLC for making sure that me and my friends were looked after on our vacation. What is the deal regarding talk of NBA owners wanting a 3rd round added to the draft? Most of them do not even pay…
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NFL agent Peter Schaffer was recently the subject of a Rick Reilly article on ESPN.com. In that article, Reilly provided a detailed account of Schaffer’s day after the NFL Lockout had ended. From his home in Denver, Colorado, Schaffer conversed with many of his clients, who include Adam “Pacman” Jones, Derrick Mason, Russell Okung, Gerald Hayes,…
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“If Mississippi ever wins a Heisman trophy, we want to keep it” – Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann That quote was taken from an article written by Jerry Mitchell of the Clarion-Ledger, who wrote about a new Mississippi law that will supposedly “provide greater accountability to sports agents…and will bring more responsibility to the recruitment…
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