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Sports Agents

Raymond Lee Savage Jr. Has Misdemeanor Charge Dropped

Raymond Lee Savage Jr., CEO and President of Savage Sports Management, was arrested and taken into custody for allegedly having a part in the illegal contact of former University of Alabama wide-receiver, Tyrone Prothro, while he was in college and the lack of adhering to state registration requirements by one of Savage’s employees. Savage plead […]

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Corporate Sponsors Endorsements MLB Players Sports Business

Ryan Braun is Flying High

Milwaukee Brewer’s outfielder Ryan Braun recently signed an endorsement deal with AirTran Airways to be become the airline’s Milwaukee area spokesman.  The deal includes Braun appearing in AirTran advertisements and on billboards in the Milwaukee area, as well as making personal appearances for the airline. Braun is quickly becoming a star and a fan favorite […]

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Soccer

Match-Fixing Rears Its Ugly Head Again in Soccer

Less than three years after the 2006 Italian match-fixing scandal, UEFA has charged a Macedonian club with “manipulating the outcome of a UEFA match to gain undue advantage for themselves and a third party”. The charge dates back to a Champions League qualifying match in 2004 between alleged match-fixers FK Pobeda and FC Pyunik of […]

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NFL Players

Changes Coming in the 2009 NFL Season

NFL Owners passed five safety regulations last Tuesday during their annual meeting. These new safety regulations are focused on making the game safer for players both administering and receiving the hit. Many of these new regulations are aimed at eliminating most of the big hits that fans are accustomed to seeing. Now on onside kickoffs, […]

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Headline Recruiting Sports Agents

Did Blake Griffin Receive Improper Benefits?

On March 29, the New York Daily News ran a story that contained this blurb: Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin, projected to go No. 1 this June, has been headed to agent Jeff Schwartz ever since last summer when he attended a series of conditioning workouts in California. The camp is financed by Schwartz, who could have […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation

Kevin Grant on All Access Football Radio

On March 28, Kevin Grant was featured on All Access Football Radio.  The interview is embedded below:

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MLB Players Sports Agents

Doug Glanville Compares Boras To Tellem

I never knew that Doug Glanville went to UPenn or that he is now writing for the NYTimes.  Anyway, he threw an interesting quote out to David Gurian-Peck of The Daily Pennsylvanian concerning choosing between Scott Boras and Arn Tellem as an advisor when Glanville was preparing to be drafted: “Scott Boras was dynamic. He […]

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Sports Law

Leon Rose Speaking At Syracuse Law

The Syracuse University College of Law Entertainment & Sports Law Society is proud to host famed sports agent, Leon Rose on April 7th at 11:45 a.m. in Room 175 of the School of Law.  Rose is a New Jersey based attorney and represents a number of prominent NBA players including Allen Iverson and LeBron James.  […]

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Headline Interview With The Agent

Interview With The Agent: Ryan Morgan

Ryan W. Morgan, president and CEO of Morgan Advisory Group (MAG), first experienced the sports business while working with the law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP.

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Colleges Sports Business

The Inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Finals To Be Televised

If the championship game of the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament can come close to last Monday night’s Bradley-Oakland quarterfinal match-up, the tournament is here to stay. On Tuesday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. EST Fox College Sports presents LIVE coverage of the tournament championship game between Bradley University of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and […]