Adam Morrison of the Charlotte Bobcats is probably not the best looking guy in the world, but don’t tell that to his marketing agent. Morrison already has endorsement deals with Adidas, Topps, and EA Sports. Most recently, he has signed with Johnson & Johnson’s Lifescan subsidiary to be the face for their blood sugar monitors. […]
In March of this year, IMG signed Bernard Tomic, a 13-year-old tennis player from Australia. After only being alive for 13 years, Tomic is already listed as one of the top 200 players in the world [Bernard Tomic, 13-Year-Old Tennis Star, Signs With IMG]. He will join other tennis greats Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay […]
The Wharton Sports Business Initiative (WSBI) is unlike the other degree granting programs that I have highlighted in the past. WSBI calls itself a research and executive education focused “think tank.” Involved in the program are educational programs, strategic corporate partnerships, consulting assignments, forums, and research. Above all, WSBI wants to become a premier Research […]
This week, the Sports Economist reported that the BBC has film of Sports Agents who represent players in English soccer saying that they have paid certain managers in the past to have teams hire their clients [Bungs, Taps, and sporting crime]. Apparently there is a term for the payment that the manager receives from an […]
Gene Upshaw, exec. director of the NFLPA, has recently stated his desire to change the rules on agents recruiting of college football players. Currently, agents are not able to sign a player or give a player anything of monetary value without that player losing his/her NCAA eligibility, but there are no rules against an agent […]
On September 13th, 2006, ESPN.com first reported that the New York Islanders locked up goaltender Rick Dipietro to a 15-year, $67.5 million deal [DiPietro’s record 15-year deal will pay him $67.5M]. The contract will allow the Islanders to keep DiPietro until just before he reaches 40 years old. A lot of media outlets have run […]
Sorry for the lack of posts as of late. I was on vacation in Orlando and I have 4 tests this week alone. I will still try to get as much as possible out in the meantime. It is always a pleasant surprise to see no nightmare clients of the week. In fact, Chris Henry, […]
People say that agents giving financial goodies to potential clients is much worse in football than any other sport. The Reggie Bush scandal that seemed to be locked away from the media for a while has just hit the surface again due to a new Yahoo! report, which suggests that Bush’s family did in fact […]
I am in my senior year of undergraduate college and I have recently started research on my senior thesis topic. I am not exactly sure what the paper will be titled, but I know that I want to focus on the stem cell debate in Congress and how it has affected the Republican party/how the […]
It was not too long ago that Zeke Sandhu found himself in one of the most powerful sports agencies: Lock, Metz & Malinovic (LMM). In fact, the NFLPA still has him listed as an agent for the company. The NFLPA should update its database! Zeke Sandhu was listed as one of the agents representing 3 […]