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Should A Sports Agency CEO Be Social Networking?

on May 20 in Social Networking, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Business tagged BEST, Casey Wasserman, Jonathan Blue, Social Media, Social network, Social Networking, social networks, sports agent, ted forstmann, Twitter, WMG by Darren Heitner

I have talked about how out of the few agents who actually have a social media presence, many need to learn how to properly use the networks, not only for damage control, but also because building a strong fan/follower/friend base can lead to more money for the agents and their clients. In reality, many athlete [...]

BusinessWeek’s 2008 Power 100

on Oct 06 in Sports Business tagged arn tellem, basketball agent, boras corp, CAA, Casey Wasserman, Drew Rosenhaus, gene upshaw, IMG, scott boras, Tiger Woods, Tom Condon, WMG by Darren Heitner

Around this time last year when BusinessWeek released its Power 100, documenting the 100 most influential people in the business of sports, I was interested to see various sports agent related names pop up on the list.  Tiger Woods once again tops the overall list, but how did our guys who were mentioned last year [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

on Jul 11 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged basketball, brad lidge, corey maggette, Cristiano Ronaldo, elton brand, IMG, nike, samuel dalembert, Sports Agents, ted forstmann by Darren Heitner

I had the honor of appearing on two radio shows this week.  Maybe someday I will host my own down here in South Florida.  Possibly even a TV gig?  Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.  Anyway, another exciting week has passed by.  Lots of big pending news for the Dynasty family.  One thing I can [...]

IMaGine $3 Billion

on Jun 03 in Sports Business tagged Entertainment, IMG, ted forstmann, terry semel, Yahoo! by Darren Heitner

Is Ted Forstmann already interested in selling IMG? If so, then all signs are pointing towards former Yahoo! and Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO Terry Semel as being the front-runner for the acquisition. Semel is interested in reshaping the organization once again. When Forstmann purchased IMG, he scrapped the team sports divisions (baseball, football, etc), let [...]

The Primary Cut

on Feb 15 in The Primary Cut tagged by Jason Wulterkens

Sixteenth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. As expected, Phil Mickelson, who had been in the midst of a lawsuit that he filed against ex-sponsor Bearing Point (Tim Rosaforte reported the matter has now been ‘pulled off the table’), [...]

The Primary Cut

on Oct 17 in The Primary Cut tagged by Jason Wulterkens

Enjoy this first installment of The Primary Cut–weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. More Woes For Wie If you’re scoring at home, this is now successive agents for Michelle Wie who have quit after less than a year on the job. In a 2007 season [...]

Sports Agents Power BusinessWeek’s 100

on Sep 26 in Sports Agents, Sports Business tagged by Darren Heitner

Everyone loves lists. That may explain why I got the press release for BusinessWeek’s Power 100 list sent to me three times (I’m not complaining…keep the tips coming!). BusinessWeek just announced their top 100 most influential people in sports, ranging from people with thin ties to sports (Dick Pound – Chairman, World Anti-Doping Agency) to [...]

Doing It The Forstmann Way

on Sep 14 in Golf, Sports Agents tagged by Jason Wulterkens

In all walks of business, one creed remains constant. If you want to know where a company may be headed, if you want to know the underlying philosophy behind its otherwise sleekly polished mission statement, and most importantly, if you want to know where a company may or may not be vulnerable, look upwards. Way [...]

IMG’s IMaGe

on Mar 28 in Internships, Sports Agents, Sports Business tagged by Darren Heitner

CAA may be the new IMG as it has gained the latter’s best agents and team-players. For many years, IMG has been the staple of the Sports Agent world. It has represented some of the best football players (Peyton Manning), baseball players (Derek Jeter), etc. When Ted Forstmann bought the company for $750 million, Peter [...]