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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/30/12)

Finally a weekend where I get to relax at my home base (Miami, Florida).  Please do not take that as me complaining, though, since I absolutely love traveling the country to speak to individuals who are passionate about Sports Law.  I have to give love to former Duke basketball player Jon Scheyer making Aliyah.  Always happy to […]

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On To The Next One: Jason Maxiell

Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell has changed agents. He was formerly represented by KMG Sports Management, but recently made the switch to Andy Miller of ASM Sports. Maxiell was originally drafted by the Pistons in the first round (#26 overall) in 2005. He played his college ball at Cincinnati. As of writing this post, KMG […]

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The Game Doesn’t Last Forever

Sponsored Post The game doesn’t last forever. This is a key phrase one hears over and over again, yet the twenty and twenty-one, and twenty-two year old kids coming into professional sports don’t listen to it. Someone so young coming into millions of dollars, when they’ve had nothing, has very little concept of how to […]

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Michigan State Senior Draymond Green Signs With Herb Rudoy And Ron Shade Of Interperformances

Michigan State had one of the four #1 seeds going into the NCAA Tournament, but unfortunately was the first #1 seed to exit with a loss. However, the team exceeded the expectations that were placed on them prior to the start of the season. One reason for that was the play of 1st Team Associated […]

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Excerpt From Upcoming Book, “Not So Secret Agents”

On March 6, 2012, I wrote about a group called the El Chiriacco Group, which claimed that it was in the final stages of a e-book on college sports recruiting titled, “Kim Kardashian and the Art of Rebounding”.  At the time, the authors mentioned that the e-book was to be the first in a trilogy including “Recruiting Memoirs” and […]

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Sports Lawyers Association Event At The Prudential Center

What: Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) networking event and luncheon at Prudential Center When: April 23, 2012 (6:00 p.m.) Where: Prudential Center, 165 Mulberry Street  Newark, NJ 07102 Cost: $20 (includes game ticket for match-up of Nets vs. 76ers) See below for the official flyer.

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Baseball Agent Josh Yates Leaves SFX; Brings Clients With Him To ACES

It happens all the time. An agent goes from one company to another and brings his clients with him. In the case of baseball agent Josh Yates, he is on to his third company in the span of roughly five years. Yates began his career as a baseball agent with the company CSMG, which had […]

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Aaron Mintz Leaves Priority Sports And Joins CAA Basketball

Priority Sports & Entertainment has lost one of its basketball division employees. Aaron Mintz, a certified player-agent with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), has left the company and signed an employment agreement with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he will join other popular basketball agents that include Leon Rose, Henry Thomas, and Steven Heumann. […]

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Emerging Legal Issues in Ski, Snowboarding and Resort Law

What: The Sports Law Institute at Vermont Law School Panel Discussion on Emerging Legal Issues in Ski, Snowboarding and Resort Law When: Thursday, March 29, 2012 (12:45 – 2:00 p.m.) Where: Chase Community Center at Vermont Law School Panelists Moderator: Brian Porto, Deputy Director of the Sports Law Institute and an Associate Professor of Law […]

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On To The Next One: Dustin Martin

Damien Barrett reported on The Footy Show last week that Richmond player Dustin Martin has left Phoenix Management to join Ralph Carr at RCM Sport. 20-year-old Martin is one of the most promising footballers in the Australian Football League (AFL), and his current deal expires at the end of 2013. Dustin was the subject of […]