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What Athletes Should Do When They Experience Financial Pain

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Miami Marlins’ Plan To Keep Players At Minimum Salaries Will Piss Off Agents

Last week, Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi wrote that “major-league sources” told them the Miami Marlins have decided they will not pay any of their 0-3 year service class players a single dollar above the Major League Baseball minimum.   A player cannot become a free agent until he has accumulated six full years of Major League […]

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NFLPA Considers Dropping Junior Rule, Removing Runners

Reporting from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, ESPN’s Joe Schad, wrote that DeMaurice Smith (Executive Director of the NFLPA) is considering new rules that would (1) only permit NFLPA Certified Contract Advisors to communicate with prospective clients, and (2) scrap the Junior Rule. The first change would be implemented in an effort to minimize the […]

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On To The Next One: Abram Elam

Dallas Cowboys safety Abram Elam has left Drew Rosenhaus of Rosenhaus Sports Representation for Tom Condon of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).  Elam, undrafted in 2005 from Kent State via Notre Dame, is coming off a year where he started all games and amassed 79 tackles, including 4 tackles for loss and a forced fumble.  In his career, Elam has […]

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University of Miami’s 15th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium Co-Hosted by the Miami Marlins

What: University of Miami School of Law 15th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium Co-Hosted by the Miami Marlins When: Saturday, April 14, 2012 Where: Marlins Park, 501 Marlins Way, Miami, Florida 33125 Schedule BREAKFAST, REGISTRATION, AND OPENING REMARKS: 8:00AM – 8:40AM Breakfast, registration, and opening remarks will occur before the start of the symposium. PANEL I: 8:40AM – […]