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On To The Next One (Kind Of): Randy Moss

on Jul 16 in Contract Negotiation, Endorsements, Entertainment, NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents, Sports Business tagged , , , , , , , by Doug Vinci

As you may recall, at the end of May, Randy Moss fired his agent Tim DiPiero, who had been representing Moss since his entrance into the NFL. Moss made an announcement that he fired his agent because he felt that he was able to handle his own contract negotiations, but wanted an agent that could find [...]

Where Does the NHLPA Go From Here?

on Sep 04 in Everything Else, NHL, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged by Dan Furey

I don’t know if this news has been getting much play in the United States, but it is certainly making headlines here in Canada. Early Monday morning at a hotel in Chicago, the National Hockey League Players’ Association fired its Executive Director, Paul Kelly, after a little less than two years on the job. Kelly [...]

Interview With The Agent: Jack Bechta

on Aug 31 in Interview With The Agent, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged , , , by Darren Heitner

Jack Bechta is an NFLPA Certified Advisor who is not afraid to speak his mind.  He has been in the business of representing professional football players for almost two decades and his engine has not experienced any wear.  Jack is the owner of JB Sports Inc, which has a valuable list of clients and a [...]

Jack Bechta

on Aug 31 in tagged , , , , by Darren Heitner

Jack Bechta is an NFLPA Certified Advisor who is not afraid to speak his mind.  He has been in the business of representing professional football players for almost two decades and his engine has not experienced any wear.  Jack is the owner of JB Sports Inc, which has a valuable list of clients and a [...]

35th Annual SLA Conference In Chicago Coming Soon

on Apr 30 in Sports Law tagged , , , , , , , , by Zak Kurtz

The 35th Annual (SLA) Sports Lawyers Association Conference will be held this May 14-16 in Chicago, Illinois.  Registration is currently open and the conference agenda is officially posted.  The event starts on Thursday May 14, and goes pretty much all day on Friday, and Saturday.  The conference agenda includes some amazing speakers and covers very [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/20/09)

on Mar 20 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , by Darren Heitner

I absolutely love the Geico Kash logo.  So Akron’s Pro Day was pushed back a week.  At first, I was upset.  Now, I realize that it may be a good thing.  Our guys will continue to eat well and train, and hopefully the change of date will allow more scouts to attend the Pro Day.  [...]

Score One For The Little Guy

on Dec 08 in NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged , , , , , by Jason Wulterkens

The NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expires after the 2010 season, and among other points up for debate–including revenue sharing and a rookie pay scale–the NFLPA may want to push for a new anti-doping policy whose disciplinary measures don’t effectively make League Commissioner Roger Goodell judge, jury and executioner all at once. U.S. District Judge [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

on Nov 21 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged , , , , , , , , by Darren Heitner

At home this weekend against The Citadel, away next week against FSU, and then the SEC Championship vs. Alabama.  Can the Florida Gators pull it off and return to the National Championship game?  If so, it will be in my backyard of Miami, Florida.  Dynasty is real happy about Dan Leatherman re-signing with the Nats.  [...]

Tumultuous Times for the NFL Players Association

on Nov 19 in NFL Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged , , , , , , , by Michael Frilling

A federal jury awarded over 2000 NFL retirees more than $28 million in damages last week after a three week trial in San Francisco in a class action lawsuit against the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). The lawsuit, filed by hall of fame cornerback Herb Adderley, claimed that the NFLPA actively excluded retired players from lucrative [...]

NFL Rookie Contracts: Fair Or Not?

on Nov 17 in NFL Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , by Dominic Perilli

Around the NFL there is strong disapproval about the amount of money rookie players are making. In April 2008, Roger Goodell expressed his wishes to change the current rookie contract structure. Goodell flung an interesting idea of implementing a rookie salary cap, similar to that of the NBA. During a press conference with reporters in [...]

BusinessWeek’s 2008 Power 100

on Oct 06 in Sports Business tagged , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

Agent Spotlight: Ben Dogra

on Sep 04 in Agent Spotlights, Everything Else tagged , , by Jason Wulterkens

While a law student in 1993 at St. Louis University, Ben Dogra, now 43, interned for free with Jim Steiner of SFX Football (then SMG). Dogra would later call Steiner his mentor, but in time, some began to wonder who was teaching what to whom. By 2006, Dogra and Steiner sold SFX Football (which was [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

on Aug 29 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged , , , by Darren Heitner

My first official week as a 2L is over.  Besides running around Wednesday night like a chicken with its head cut off, the week was a success.  I was going crazy Wed. night due to the fact that I hated my Child Support Enforcement Law class, dropped it, and needed to pick up something in [...]

Cancer Takes Down Upshaw

on Aug 21 in NFL Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged , by Darren Heitner

NFLPA Executive Director, Gene Upshaw, passed away last night at the age of sixty-three.  The news comes just days after Upshaw was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  While Gene Upshaw has definitely had his fair share of critics since leaving his professional football playing days to take over the throne at the NFLPA, his critics [...]

Paying The Price: The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

on Jul 06 in NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged , , , , , , , by Darren Heitner

In March 2006, NFL Owners voted almost unanimously, 30-2, to accept the NFLPA’s final proposal to extend its collective bargaining agreement (CBA). On May 20, 2008, NFL Owners unanimously voted to opt of that same agreement, meaning the current collective bargaining agreement will expire in 2011 instead of 2013. Now, many questions linger about the [...]

This NFL CBA Talk Could Take A While

on Jun 09 in Everything Else, NFL Players, NFL Teams, Retirement tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , by Darren Heitner

We would all be acting ignorant if we were to take at face value what the higher-ups in the NFLPA are spitting at us: that increasing rookie salaries is not one of the main issues of pending talks between the players and owners and instead one relevant issue among many. Yes, there are many issues [...]

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