Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
Last weekend in Memphis, Tennessee was a great success. We put together a tremendous Professional Sports Counseling Panel at the University of Memphis and received fantastic feedback from athletes, parents, agents, and administrators with regards to Memphis’ first Agent Day. I have to really thank my partner Jason Belzer; he is the reason that Collegiate…
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Thomas Mayo (@ThomasMayo1) calls himself Mr. NODAYSOFF. The Senior wide receiver from California University of Pennsylvania better be taking no days off between now and the 2012 NFL Draft. While many believe he is a talented receiver, he is not aided by the fact that he went to a Division II school (which he actually transferred…
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Rennie Curran is an outside linebacker from the University of Georgia who was selected by the Tennessee Titans with the #97 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. At the time, Curran was represented by Priority Sports & Entertainment. Sometime between the 2010 NFL Draft and now, Curran left Priority and signed with SportsTrust Advisors. According…
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At 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, ESPN will premier The Dotted Line, a documentary about sports agents directed by Morgan Spurlock. ESPN provided a DVD screener of the documentary, which I had a chance to review over the weekend. The documentary begins with Drew Rosenhaus, the most recognizable sports agent in the world, defending one of…
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Instead of just talking about the agents in control of collective bargaining negotiations for NBA players, why don’t we hear directly from one of the main power brokers himself? Sam Amick of SI.com helps us out by interviewing Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports & Entertainment. As Amick notes, Bartelstein is well respected (even by his peers)…
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With a full slate of NFL and NCAA football, it is easy to forget that any other sports exist. However, the NBA is coming off of a fantastic season with its highest NBA Finals television ratings since 2004 (and I contend that there were much less competing TV options six years prior). Yet, as each…
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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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Carl Landry of the New Orleans Hornets was formerly represented by Andrew “Buddy” Baker. Baker had represented Landry for over four years, including the period leading up to Landry’s selection as the 1st pick of the 2nd round by the Seattle Sonics (now the Oklahoma City Thunder) in 2007. Landry was immediately traded to the…
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At the end of last week, Mark Bartelstein, CEO of Priority Sports & Entertainment and agent to many stars in basketball and football, spoke to Bloomberg Sports about money spent on NFL free agents once signings commenced. Bartelstein said that he did not think that there were bigger deals signed than in years past, but that…
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Over the weekend, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports Tweeted the following: Wojnarowski Tweeted that statement after Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, and many other prominent basketball agents met with National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Executive Director Billy Hunter on Friday to talk about the NBA lockout (which began on…
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