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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (1/29/2010)

We are currently live from the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium.  Click here to watch the live stream of the event.  There’s no other way to celebrate the completion of the event other than a nightcap at my favorite Gainesville restaurant, Dragonfly.  See some of you there?  Next Wednesday I will be making the trek […]

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Headline Sports Law

Watch The 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium Live!

If you cannot see the video embedded below, click here.  The event will begin at 11 a.m., but the stream will probably go live for testing before that time.

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Contract Negotiation Headline MLB Players MLB Teams

Warm With Money Between The Sheets

Sports agent Casey Close of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) had to love the small window between when Ben Sheets first hit the mound for a throwing session last week and when the CAA client signed with the Oakland A’s this past Tuesday. Not only was it a quick turnaround, but Close had Sheets sign a […]

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Arbitration Sports Law

Fake Arbitration Hearings And The Real Ones That Loom

Remember my post about the National Baseball Arbitration Competition hosted by Tulane Law School?  Well it has come and gone.  It took place from January 22-24 and congratulations are officially in order for the following schools who were well represented by their students. 1st place – Denver Law School 2nd place – Notre Dame Law […]

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MLB Players MLB Teams

MLB Collective Bargaining Talks Begin

With so much talk about the collective bargaining agreement negotiations occurring within NFL and NBA circles, the MLB often gets left out of the discussion.  All three sports’ collective bargaining issues will be discussed this Friday at the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium.  Anyway, the current MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on December 11, 2011. […]

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MMA Sports Business Ultimate Fighting

The UFC Opens Its First Gym

Last week, the UFC opened the doors of a first-of-its-kind, UFC Gym in Concord, California. The 40,000 square foot super-gym started things off with style, hosting a variety of UFC fighters such as Chuck Liddell and John Fitch, as well as UFC president Dana White for a grand opening celebration. With over 3,500 people signing […]

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College Football Players Contract Negotiation Headline

Let’s Make a Deal: Ndamukong Suh

Welcome to the first edition of Let’s Make a Deal. Darren and I have spoken about this column and feel that it is worth a test run, so naturally we need your participation! Basically, this column is a mock negotiation. In each post I will take one college football player who’s expected to be drafted […]

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Headline NBA Players

Chris Bosh Is Just Chilling With Hundreds Of Domain Names

When Chris Bosh was awarded his own domain, chrisbosh.com, along with the 754 other domain names, from cybersquatter, Luis Zavala, Bosh stated, “I am thrilled that I am able to offer the return of these domain names to a host of other athletes and celebrities whose names were cybersquatted. I will offer the return of […]

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Hockey Sports Agents

Rookie Duties: All Quiet on the Western Front

Well another quiet, but productive, week in Chicago. At this point in the season though, unless I’m going to a tournament to scout, no news is usually good news. Matt has continued to play well since getting called up last month – in fifteen games with Dayton, he’s registered three assists and has a plus-six […]

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Contract Negotiation Headline Hockey

What Will Become of Kovalchuk?

I have been lax with the articles lately, but there is one topic in the NHL world that has been staying close to the surface for some time now. Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers is in the final year of a 5 year, $32 million contract that was signed in October 2005 and will […]