Are you enjoying the daily fantasy football advertisements this season? There could be even more now with a licensing agreement being announced between NFL Players Inc. (NFLPA’s marketing and licensing arm) and DraftKings. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]The agreement allows for NFL players to participate in DraftKings advertisements[/inlinetweet], including print, social media, digital and mobile. New […]
Team Name: Miami Heat Last Year’s Record: 37-45 Key Losses: Michael Beasley, Henry Walker, Shabazz Napier (It’s hard to consider any of these “key” losses) Key Additions: Justise Winslow, Gerald Green, Josh Richardson, Amar’e Stoudemire 1.What Significant Moves were made during the off-season? The question that most likely pops into everybody’s head when thinking of […]
Press Release: September 28, 2015– New York, NY – On Thursday, November 19th a trio of veteran sports agents will host the inaugural Salary Arbitration in Sports conference at St. John’s University in Manhattan. The SAS conference will feature representatives from Major League Baseball, MLBPA, certified agents and former players, all with comprehensive experience in […]
The following is a guest contribution from Gerrit Kersten-Thiele. Thiele is the CEO & NBA/FIBA Certified Player Representative at Scorers 1st Sportmanagement. I love working as a sports agent. Developing relationships with and helping players and their families throughout the process of planning a professional career, developing that career and working with them and potential pro teams through contract negotiations […]
With the passing of one of baseball’s all-time greats, Yogi Berra, the sports world has taken a look back on his career both on and off the field. His quirky sayings, dubbed “Yogisms,” have been circulating around social media, during this week’s MLB games, and on SportsCenter. The 10-time World Series Champion was a great friend […]
Huge news came out this week with the NFL Players Association launching ACE Media. Athlete Content & Entertainment (ACE) will be a sports media company focusing on creating unique sports-lifestyle content with athletes. With the NFLPA as a majority shareholder, ACE Media will have exclusive access to more than 1,800 active players. ACE Media will […]
Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s 50 most powerful sports agents and none other than super agent Scott Boras tops the list. The list contains 13 baseball agents, 10 football agents, 10 basketball agents, 8 hockey agents,7 soccer agents, and 2 golf agents. The commissions for the agents range from $117.1M to […]
I have been provided the opportunity to sit in on a class taught by ESPN and Sports Illustrated writer Andrew Brandt that is called “Business and Legal Aspects of Professional Sports.” Brandt is teaching the class through Villanova University’s online offering, which makes it easy for anyone to access the content. This article is part […]
Yankees outfielder Chris Young has left Reynolds Sports Management and signed a representation contract with Creative Arts Agency (CAA). Young is now back with his old agency as he prepares for free agency following the completion of this season. Currently under a one-year, $2.5MM contract, Young has had somewhat of a comeback season after failing […]
The lovely holiday of Rosh Hashanah is behind us and now we must brace for Yom Kippur. I wish all observing Yom Kippur an easy fast. The Republican debate on CNN has become a fun excuse to gather for part of my family. Between that and the NFL, my attention outside of Heitner Legal has […]