Forbes 30 Under 30 (Sports) Entrepreneur, Author and Professional Athlete representative, Adrian Clark has announced the second book of his “guide” series titled, ‘Protect Yourself at All Times: A Guide for Professional Boxers’. In unprecedented fashion, Clark delivers this blueprint for professional boxers with 12 rounds (chapters) of concise statements which enable boxers to further protect themselves…
Book Reviews
Darren Heitner Authors Sports Law Book, How To Play The Game
Darren Heitner is a visionary in the sports law field, and he is currently a partner at one of the premier sports and entertainment law firms in the country, Wolfe Law Miami, P.A. As a talented writer, he has published a multitude of sports articles and is a leading contributor for Forbes. In fact, since…
Book Review: The Agent By Leigh Steinberg
The following article is a guest contribution from Alan Wilmot, a law clerk at Wolfe Law Miami and 2L at the University of Miami School of Law. Leigh Steinberg’s “The Agent: My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game” is much more than a book about being a sports agent; it is a book about…
Book Review: Super Agent
Book Review: Renegades Write The Rules
Amy Jo Martin’s Renegades Write The Rules (officially released tomorrow, but can be ordered today), is the social media maven’s “how-to” book that explains how she used social media to reconfigure her business and life, and how all of us can do the same. The most important take away from the 176 page (advance uncorrected…
Book Review: SAPP ATTACK
SAPP ATTACK. The title is bold and in caps, which is exactly what should be expected from a man with the physical size and generous personality of former NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp. Currently an analyst on the NFL Network, Sapp found the time to write a book [click here for the Amazon link] that happened to…
Book Review: Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean On The Dirty Business Of College Football
College football can be quite the dirty business, but you do not need former NFLPA certified Contract Advisor Josh Luchs to tell you that. Since being featured in an extremely popular Sports Illustrated article written by Pulitzer Prize-winner George Dohrmann titled, Confessions of an Agent, Luchs has been on a country-wide tour of sorts, speaking…
Book Review: When The Game Is On The Line
I first became familiar with the name Rick Horrow when Brian Finkel (a good friend from the University of Florida and Creative Director at Horrow Sports Ventures) sent me an email in 2009 regarding a new show on Versus titled, The $ports Take. It sounded like a great show, but one that I would never end…
Book Review: Go Pro Like A Pro
Since reviewing his book, Money Players, on August 15, 2007, I have become very good friends with Marc Isenberg. I have invited him to speak multiple times at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, engaged in great sports business discussions with him, and have been able to count on him for advice whenever…
Book Review: Negotiating and Drafting Sports Venue Agreements
It is possible to include the profession of sports agent within a broader category of Sports Law professions, but Sports Law has the potential to incorporate a multitude of legal disciplines, including Contract Law, Intellectual Property Law, and the art of negotiation (which certainly plays a key role in every lawyer’s practice). Those three areas…