With the MLB Winter Meetings coming to a close, the lackluster number of big signings have left MLB fans with yet another off season of relatively slow activity. Key free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, who are likely to get large nine-figure paydays, remain unsigned. The MLB free agency period dulls in comparison to […]
According to a press release from the company, music agency CODA Agency announced two major growth moves on Tuesday, December 11: the creation of a sports agency, CODA Independent Sports, and an expansion of their Brand Partnerships and Corporate team with the hiring of Debbie Ward. CODA Independent Sports currently specializes in soccer and aims to […]
According to the Major League Baseball’s Drug Prevention and Treatment Program players who test positive for performance enhancing substances are subject to an 80 game suspension for their first offense, 162 games (a full season) including the postseason for those who test positive a second time, and if a player is caught a third time […]
Jordy Mercer, the veteran 32-year-old shortstop, has signed with Scott Boras of Boras Corporation. Mercer is coming off a 2018 campaign in which he played in 117 games and slashed .251/.315/.381 for the Pirates, where he has spent his entire seven year career. He was drafted in the third round (79th overall) of the 2008 […]
In the fall of 2016, former Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in a boat crash off the coast of Miami Beach at the age of 24. The right-handed pitcher was selected by the Marlins in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft and quickly became the face of the franchise. Fernandez, a […]
It was announced that media mogul Gary Vaynerchuk and his business partners in VaynerX have acquired Reed Bergman’s Playbook Inc. to create a new company, VaynerTalent. The new venture is made up of the existing division of VaynerMedia, VaynerTalent and Playbook, all under the VaynerX umbrella. Reed Bergman, a sports industry veteran with over 25 […]
In the athlete representation world, figuring out unique endorsement and partnership opportunities for your clients is what sets you apart from the competition. Although there is always going to be debate as to whether or not athletes need agents to negotiate their playing contracts, it is hard to argue the importance and expertise of agents […]
Former National Football League super agent Ben Dogra is waging a war against his former employer Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in federal court. The pending action comes after the parties engaged in an arbitration battle that lasted multiple years with the arbitrator ultimately declaring that Dogra, the former agent for Adrian Peterson, Robert Griffin III […]
According to a Tweet from the agency, New York Knicks guard Trey Burke has signed with Roc Nation Sports, where he will be represented by Sam Permut. He was previously represented by Mike George of Excel Sports Management. The former 9th overall pick by the Utah Jazz in the 2013 NBA Draft out of Michigan, […]
Greetings from Scottsdale, Arizona, where I was delighted to be asked to speak to a group of financial advisors and CPAs at the annual Sports Financial Advisors Association. I return home today after a short trip out West, and hopefully have little traveling until my end-of-the-year vacation to Hawaii, where I will be enjoying a […]