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Fri, Dec 18 2009

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (12/18/09)

Also tagged: Baseball, basketball, Football, Jack Bechta, Sports Law, Terrell Owens

It feels so good to be back in South Florida. I will be down here for the next couple of weeks, with a short stint in Fort Myers for the 2009 National Underclass Showcase – Main Event. It will...

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Tue, Nov 17 2009

Sports & Entertainment?

Also tagged: arn tellem, CBS, derek jeter, Entertainment, jordan farmar, Los Angeles, sport, Sports Agents

The line between sports and entertainment continues to blur. More agencies are starting to realize that it makes sense to try to build both practices at the same time, as they will risk losing their...

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Fri, Oct 9 2009

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/9/09)

Also tagged: arn tellem, Atahualpa Severino, Baseball, basketball, Entertainment, nba, NFL, pete parise, SLAM, sports agent, Texas Rangers

Huge game this weekend. If UF beats LSU, does UF become a unanimous #1 amongst all sports writers? My boys at Bus Leagues Baseball had Dynasty client, Atahualpa Severino, as its 5th best Pitcher of...

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Fri, Jun 26 2009

2009 NBA Draft: Breaking Down The First Round

Also tagged: 2009 nba draft, aaron goodwin, BDA, bda sports, blake griffin, Brandon Jennings, excel sports, goodwin sports management, Jason Levien, octagon, peake management group, priority sports, Taj Gibson, wayne ellington

After 60 picks and 100,000 trades, we now know who was selected in the 2009 NBA Draft and what teams they may be playing for in 2009. I will let the other web sites debate over what teams were the winners...

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Thu, May 28 2009

Basketball Agency Puts Together Its Own Workout

Also tagged: basketball

Recently, I discussed the three main workouts that NBA teams are putting on for the top prospects in this year’s draft class. Teams are joining up on these workouts to cut the cost of doing them...

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Tue, Apr 28 2009

Derrick Rose Has An Advantage

Also tagged: B.J. Armstrong, basketball, Derrick Rose, nba playoffs

The Boston Celtics are getting a run for their money in the first round of this year’s NBA Playoffs. They should have learned to take their first round opponents seriously after barely beating...

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Fri, Apr 24 2009

Could CAA’s Dominance Be Threatened By A Merger?

Also tagged: Andre Buck, ari emanuel, blue equity, Endeavor, leon rose, nfl draft, william morris

This weekend, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has a shot at having 11 of its clients selected in the first-round of the NFL Draft. There are only 32 picks in the first-round. CAA’s dominance in...

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Thu, Apr 16 2009

Bill Neff Reveals Plans For Flynn and Devendorf

Also tagged: arn tellem, basketball, CAA, leon rose

Bill Neff is a basketball agent at Saga Sports. His NBA clients include Jason Hart, Demetris Nichols, Mike Taylor, Kevin Ollie, and Mike Wilks. He also has some overseas clients, including former Syracuse...

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Fri, Feb 20 2009

BDA Loses Agent to WMG

Also tagged: BDA, Bill Duffy

Lindsay Kagawa, who less than a year ago took the helm of BDA’s Women’s Elite Division, has decided to leave Bill Duffy and join the team at Wasserman Media Group. Sports Business Daily reported...

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Wed, Jan 28 2009

Chargers Look To WMG

Also tagged: Al Davis, david beckham, Dynasty Athlete Representation, EPL, Kevin Grant, Los Angeles, MLS, nba, NFL, oakland raiders, Relocation, san diego chargers

The Seattle Supersonics left the state of Washington to relocate the franchise to Oklahoma City only months ago. The move brought a lot of drama, and pain to Seattle fans. Since losing the Los Angeles...

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Mon, Dec 22 2008

Losing Some Pals Over Furcal

Also tagged: arn tellem, atlanta braves, Baseball, Braves, collective bargaining agreement, Furcal, MLBPA, Paul Kinzer, Sports Agents

The biggest sports agent related news of last week had to be the battle of words between the executives of the Atlanta Braves vs. the agents at Wasserman Media Group. And it was all over Rafael Furcal. ...

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Mon, Oct 6 2008

BusinessWeek’s 2008 Power 100

Also tagged: arn tellem, basketball agent, boras corp, CAA, Casey Wasserman, Drew Rosenhaus, gene upshaw, IMG, scott boras, Tiger Woods, Tom Condon

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...

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Fri, Aug 29 2008

CAA Is Dominant

Also tagged: BEST, blue equity, boras corp, CAA, octagon

Earlier this week, Liz Mullen and David Broughton wrote in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal the following statement: CAA Sports, in two short years of existence, has become the dominant...

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Wed, Aug 20 2008

BEST Becomes Better

Also tagged: basketball, BDA, BEST, bill strickland, blue equity, dan fegan, Jonathan Blue

In Jason Belzer’s recent Sports Agency Rankings, he put Blue Entertainment Sports Television (BEST) at number three, behind WMG and CAA. Many people have never even heard of BEST before, so how...

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Mon, Aug 4 2008

Sport Agency Power Rankings

Also tagged: B.J. Armstrong, BEST, CAA, Casey Wasserman, IMG, Michael Principe, octagon, Premier Stinson, Tom Condon

Now that the drafts for the major professional sports leagues have passed, and we continue our mid-summer grind toward the start of the NFL, NBA, and NCAA seasons, I felt it was a good time to release...

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Thu, Jul 3 2008

Grading The NBA Draft (By Agencies)

Also tagged: 2008 nba draft, Andre Buck, andy miller, Anthony Randolph, arn tellem, Augustin, B.J. Armstrong, BDA, bda sports, Billy Duffy, Brandon Rush, CAA, Calvin Andrews, Chris Douglas-Roberts, darrell arthur, Darrell Jackson, Derrick Rose, excel sports, Goran Dragic, Greg Lawrence, J.J. Hickson, jeff schwartz, Justin Zanik, Kevin Love, leon rose, luc richard mbah a moute, maarty leunen, mark bartelstein, nba, nba draft, O.J. Mayo, Omer Asik, richard hendrix, Robin Lopez, Sasha Kaun, Sonny Weems, trent plaisted

It has been a week since ESPN delightfully covered the 2008 NBA Draft. Adam Silver has never had as many people cheer for him in his life (if you did not see the second round, then you have no idea what...

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Tue, Jul 1 2008

Michael Inoa Slaughters International Signing Bonus Record

Also tagged: adam katz, Michael Inoa, Moneyball, oakland athletics, signing bonus

Would you pay $4.25 million for a 6′7 205 lbs 16-year old pitcher who can throw 95 mph? I would strongly consider purchasing the kid so that I could show him around to my friends and instantly...

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Fri, Jun 27 2008

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Also tagged: Anthony Kim, Baseball, basketball, Football, Golf, hockey, IMG, Jake Long, len bias, LPGA, Moneyball, NFL, nflpa, NHL, octagon, PGA, retired players, Roger Goodell, salary cap, sonny vaccaro, sports agent

Another busy week of summer has blown by, which means that it is getting closer and closer to my return to lovely Gainesville, Florida. Nothing against the town that UF sits in, but I am getting quite...

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Mon, Jun 23 2008

It’s NBA Draft Week

Also tagged: 2008 nba draft, Anthony Randolph, arn tellem, Augustin, B.J. Armstrong, basketball, danilo gallinari, davon jefferson, Derrick Rose, Lee Melchionni, Marty Leunen, nba, nba draft, Robin Lopez, Russell Westbrook

Three out of the big four American professional sports have gone through the process of selecting a new class of rookies for the start of their respective next seasons. The only sport left is basketball,...

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Fri, Jun 20 2008

You Tellem, Rose

Also tagged: arn tellem, B.J. Armstrong, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose

I am not shocked to read the plethora of clippings that claim Derrick Rose is done with his workout tour after only showing his skills off to the Bulls. I was also not blown away when I read Rose politicking...

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