Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
The entire sports agent and sports business community mourns the death of a respected individual who was at the top of Lagardère Unlimited’s tennis division at the time of his passing. Ken Meyerson, best known for his representation of tennis stars including Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Fernando Gonzalez, Mardy Fish, and many others, passed away late…
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Ivan Nova is not the only professional athlete who was almost on to the next one. However, Nova’s case, he actually left his agent and signed with another representative prior to returning to his original agent. A couple of weeks ago, Philadelphia Eagles runningback LeSean McCoy fired Drew Rosenhaus, seriously considered signing with Mike Vick’s agent Joel…
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First Round Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh Pirates) – Boras Corp. – I assume this negotiation was not as brutal as Pedro Alvarez’s? Danny Hultzen (Seattle Mariners) – Creative Artists Agency Trevor Bauer (Arizona Diamondbacks) – Wasserman Media Group Dylan Bundy (Baltimore Orioles) – Jay Franklin (BBI Sports Group) – I hope he will look as good…
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While Nick Swisher did not sign Scott Boras (he ended up going to Dan Lozano), Michael Bourn has made the move to Boras Corp. Bourn was previously represented by SFX. Prior to SFX, Bourn was represented by Beverly Hills Sports Council. Some guys really have a problem picking an agent and sticking with him. Boras…
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Wilson Chandler, the 3rd year New York Knicks forward from DePaul University, has made a switch of representation. He was formerly represented by Chris Luchey of CGL Sports. I’m still a big fan of Luchey’s website – at least it is different than the run of the mill sports agency webpage. Prior to starting up…
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As of October 1, 2010, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has a new set of Regulations Governing Player Agents. I am currently working on Co-Authoring a major law review/journal piece that will provide a complete synopsis of the 2010 Regulations. In the meantime, if you want to read through the entire document, feel…
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The NCAA requires that a player selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft pay his advisor at his or her normal rate for such services if the player hopes to maintain his eligibility at an NCAA school. Thus, if Troy Caradonna of SFX was to follow that rule, which many people say goes ignored…
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I want to start this article by stressing that the point of this article has nothing to do with getting any player in trouble. The reason that I wrote this post is to once again try to point out how ludicrous the NCAA’s no-agent rule continues to be. It was struck down by a court…
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First Round Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals) – Boras Corp. – Interesting to note that Bud Selig referred to Harper as an outfielder even though he has played mostly catcher his entire life. Get this kid on the fast track through the Minors. Jameson Tallion (Pittsburgh Pirates) – Hendricks Sports Management – Big high school arm…
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