Sep
28

1991 To Now – What’s Changed?

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Forbes Magazine posted an excellent article last week highlighting the difference between the highest paid athletes of 1991 and today. To say the make up of the list has changed would be an understatement. The number 1 highest paid athlete in 1991 was a Boxer, Evander Holyfield, making $60 million. In fact, in 2nd place…
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Feb
23

University of Southern California Sends Athletes And Agents Memo To Students And Faculty

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Last Tuesday, the University of Southern California sent the following ATHLETES AND AGENTS memo to all of its students and staff members. The following could be titled the Teague Egan (student-agent) provision: I see absolutely nothing wrong with the policy itself, and I would assume that we will see many more universities follow Southern California’s…
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Jun
25

INTRODUCING: The Sports Agent Directory

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The Sports Agent Directory is the most comprehensive sports agent directory in the world.  Sure, we provide links to various agency websites in our Sports Agencies feature, but the Sports Agency Directory, which is offered by Sports Agent 411, LLC provides everything you could possibly need in terms of information regarding athletes and their agents.…
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Nov
12

Athletes And Agents Need To Learn How To Properly Use Twitter

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There has been a lot of discussion this week regarding the Kansas City Chiefs releasing their once-upon-a-time star running back, Larry Johnson.  Did they release Johnson because he has not done anything special for the team in quite some time?  Probably.  But did his recent Twitter outburst have anything at all to do with it? …
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Nov
05

Managing An Athlete’s Online Brand: A 5-Step Getting Started Guide For Agents

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This is a guest contribution courtesy of Jorge Monasterio the founder of Avantla.com, on online branding management tool for sports and entertainment agents and attorneys.  Avantla keeps up with the ever changing social media sites and trends.  They also help find and acquire domains, trademarks and other online assets. You’ve landed a talented athlete as…
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Oct
28

Aroldis Chapman’s Agency Up To Shady Business?

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For the past 48 hours, I have been debating whether or not I should actually make this post.  Then, after talking to a few people, they woke me up and made me realize that I actually had absolutely no choice.  If I did not write this post, I would be going against what this site…
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Jul
17

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/17/09)

I am done with Summer law school finals.  Business Orgs and Analysis & Drafting of Intellectual Property are out of the way…although I really enjoyed taking and learning the material for both classes.  I cannot believe that in one-year from now, I will be done with law school and studying for the Bar Exam.  I…
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