The following interview is with Ryan Gleichowski a certified MLBPA contract advisor and Co-Founder of Sports One Athlete Management, Inc. Connect with Ryan on Twitter. Ryan Gleichowski is a graduate of the University of Florida where he played Division 1 baseball for the Gators. He played alongside David Eckstein, David Ross, and Brad Wilkerson to […]
It’s Great To Be A Florida Gator. I was in Gainesville the last time the Gators men’s basketball team won a couple of championships, and I remember the joy I felt watching that team destroy the competition. It may be more gratifying watching this year’s team, albeit many miles away, which is undoubtedly less talented […]
Doug McDermott bowed out of the NCAA Tournament last weekend at the hands of Baylor. The Creighton small forward is already planning for the next stage in his professional career as he signed with Chicago-based Priority Sports earlier this week, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman. Sports agent Mark Bartelstein will represent him. This past season, McDermott […]
Sports Agent Blog recently sat down with sports agent Trey Steele. Steele is an agent for Walton Sports Management Group. 1) What is your background in sports and how did you finally decide you wanted to be a sports agent? I grew up around sports. I played baseball, basketball, and football at the high school […]
Andre Gurode has signed with Louis Bing of Zoe Sports. Kennard McGuire of McGuire Sports World formerly represented Gurode. Gurode is a 2-time All-Pro Team selection (2007, 2009) that anchored the Dallas Cowboys offensive line from 2002 to 2010, including the season when Emmitt Smith eclipsed Walter Payton’s historic NFL all-time rushing record. Throughout his […]
What: 3rd Annual TPG Sports Group Career Conference When: March 28-29, 2014 Where: Wells Fargo Auditorium, Charlotte, North Carolina About: For the third consecutive year, undergraduate and graduate students along with sports business professionals will descend on Charlotte, North Carolina for the third annual TPG Sports Group Career Conference. The two-day event will feature speaker […]
What: 4th Annual Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium When: Friday, April 11, 2014 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Where: 1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 (Moot Court Room) (map) Other Information: 5 CLE Credits for Practitioners Schedule: 8:15 AM – 8:55 AM: Registration 8:55 AM – 9:00 AM: Introduction […]
The NBA, like the Australian Football League (AFL), operates on a salary cap. In both leagues, contracts are guaranteed, meaning if you sign a player for 5 years you are liable for the full compensation for that time. A lot of NBA teams use the latter end of large contracts to their advantage, whereas their […]
I am out in Las Vegas enjoying an annual tradition: March Madness with some of my closest friends from home. It serves as a rare true vacation and one I look forward to every single year. It’s all orange and blue for me. Rooting hard for my Florida Gators to win another national championship. This […]
With major MMA leagues airing on network television including FOX, NBC sports network, CBS, and Spike T.V. one would assume that fighters are being paid more to represent companies in and out of the cage. Well that assumption is dead wrong. In the last few months we have seen fighters such as Mac Danzig voice […]