The following Interview with the Agent piece was written by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). Richard is a student at CUNY-College of Staten Island and Assistant to the Director of Artist Management at Wilhelmina Models. The focus of the interview is baseball agent B.B. Abbott, an attorney/agent at Jet Sports Management. Richard Pallarino: How did you get into the athlete representation […]
From Thursday through Saturday, every NFLPA certified Contract Advisor was busy fielding calls, texts and emails from employees of the 32 NFL teams, in addition to their clientele and those concerned with when and where the players would be selected in the 2013 NFL Draft. However, football agent Peter Schaffer had additional matters of concern. […]
Prior coverage of NFL Draft (agent/player) relationships: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 Keep up with Darren Heitner on Twitter and Sports Agent Blog on Twitter | Facebook | RSS Click here for a downloadable spreadsheet of the player/agent list by player position* Highlights SportStars with 21 clients selected – 8.27% (1 in 1st round) Athletes First with […]
We are in the thick of the 2013 NFL Draft, and I am in Dallas (until tonight) being a good American and attending events surrounding the official unveiling of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The Rounds 1-7 NFL Draft Player/Agent page will certainly be created this year; however, I have decided to part with the creation of […]
A lengthy article on Mike Napoli written by Alex Speier of WEEI not only provides excellent insight about the new power hitter in the middle of the Boston Red Sox lineup, but also his agent. Napoli’s agent, Brian Grieper, is a South Florida-based baseball agent who is part of the growing team at Paragon Sports International. Speier’s […]
ESPN’s Buster Olney recently chatted with baseball agent Jamie Murphy of TWC Sports on his Baseball Tonight podcast. Notes from the podcast: Murphy represents Nick Markakis, Mark Ellis, David Aardsma and others. Murphy currently lives in Vermont. Murphy is the father of two little boys. About living in Vermont, Murphy said, “this day and age, you […]
Michael Carter-Williams will be a first round selection in the 2013 NBA Draft. In fact, it is very likely that he is selected with a team’s lottery pick. The sophomore point guard from Syracuse is listed somewhere between 6’5 and 6’6, which gives him a good amount of length and height for his position. But […]
Florida Gators forward Erik Murphy just finished up his senior season in Gainesville, Florida. He had a very solid and consistent collegiate career, although it is certain that he hopes scouts forget about his horrid game against Michigan in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. In that game, he took a total of 11 shots in that […]
The following interview is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq. Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. SugarTime Inc. is a Miami, FL based sports agency founded by CEO David Sugarman in 2010. Sugarman is a former Vice President at several prestigious […]
What: Cardozo Sports Law Symposium presented by the Cardozo Intellectual Property Law Society in conjunction with SELSA. When: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.) Where: Room 204 at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 55 5th Ave , New York, NY 10003 Schedule 6 P.M. Panel 1: Sports and Social Media As social media becomes more prevalent in our lives, unique […]