Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Impact Sports, a football agency established in 1987 and operating out of Boca Raton, Florida and Los Angeles, California, currently represents over fifty NFL athletes as their NFLPA Contract Advisors. The Contract Advisors on staff at Impact … [Show Me...]
Linsanity is here to stay. Jeremy Lin’s play has grabbed the attention of not only New York, but the entire nation, with his inspiring play that has contributed to the New York Knicks’ surge in the Eastern Conference. I recently came across … [Show Me...]
Tomorrow is my mother's birthday. Happy Birthday to the best mom in the world. I had a great time in New Orleans last week hanging with some baseball industry veterans, judging excellent baseball arbitration oral arguments by well researched law … [Show Me...]
A couple of days ago, Jeffrey Dobin, Esq., co-founder of Athlete Advocates, wrote a thorough op-ed titled, The NFL Scouting Combine Marks The Start Of Football. Today, I am going to tell you a little bit about his company. If the name … [Show Me...]
Jeff Fannell of Jeff Fannell & Associates, LLC used to be an Assistant General Counsel with the Major League Baseball Players Association. Fannell worked with Robert Guerra, Bob Lenaghan, Matt Nussbaum, and Doyle Pryor as Assistant GCs at … [Show Me...]
“Athlete relocation” is a niche service provided for professional athletes (those beginning their careers as well as athletes who have amassed great wealth) who find themselves constantly on the move. Throughout my many years of writing about sports business (and sports agency in particular), I have found that the same names continue to come up over…
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Title an article, African-American agents, and us, and you are bound to grab my attention. Last week, Scoop Jackson wrote that such article, which seemed to serve as his reaction to Luther Campbell’s recent column titled, Superagent Drew Rosenhaus should give back to Miami’s black communities, wherein Campbell said that Rosenhaus needs to give back…
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While a little over a handful of arbitration eligible baseball players remain unsigned, most players who were eligible for arbitration have either gone to hearing or settled with their respective teams on single or multi-year deals. The unsigned player who is garnering the most attention is David Ortiz, who has requested $16.5 million, while the…
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On Friday, February 10, Villanova’s Sports and Entertainment Law Journal hosted a symposium titled, Examining Moneyball’s Impact on Business and Sports. Over 1,500 people attended the event, which may be viewed in its entirety by clicking here. While all the invited speakers are all-stars, Jeffrey S. Moorad VSL ’81, vice chairman and CEO of the San Diego Padres, stole…
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What: DEPAUL JOURNAL OF SPORTS LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 2012 Symposium - MONEY & SPORTS: ECONOMIC REALITIES OF BEING AN ATHLETE When: Friday, March 2, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Networking: 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.) Where: Room 8005 of the DePaul Center, located at 1 East Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604-2287 9:00 – 9:05 AM Symposium…
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This Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from the New Orleans Airport. I will be back in Miami in approximately 2 hours. Just wrapped up another great time in NOLA where I was fortunate to judge Tulane’s Baseball Arbitration Competition for the second straight year. It was also my birthday yesterday, which always…
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The following is a guest contribution from Josh Mastracci, a junior at Boston College and agent assistant to Storm Kirschenbaum of Metis Sports Management in Birmingham, Michigan. There is not much to do on Boston College’s campus for a student waiting to break into the athlete management industry. As an economics major, I’ve been looking forward to…
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In January 2012, the Division I Legislative Council of the NCAA “approved a rule that broadens the definition of [sports] agents to include third-party influences, including family members, who market student-athletes’ athletics ability or reputation for personal financial gain.” Without a doubt, the NCAA is showing that it is taking the matter of sports agent regulation seriously.…
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Yesterday, I reported on Jeff Sperbeck’s 2012 NFL Draft Class at The NOVO Agency. Sperbeck has signed RB LaMichael James from Oregon and WR Nick Toon from Wisconsin. Toon is being co-represented by Ralph Cindrich. Cindrich is a member of the Texas and Pennsylvania bar. He was a 1972 5th round NFL draft choice and played professional football with the Houston…
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When Brian Overstreet of E Overstreet Sports Management signed Dre Kirkpatrick, he must have been counting his blessings. Kirkpatrick has been recognized as one of (if not the) best cornerbacks in the country. Kirkpatrick, who declared for the 2012 NFL Draft after his Junior season at Alabama, is constantly mentioned in the same breath as LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne (who is represented…
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