Jim DeLorenzo is a multifaceted professional in the sports industry. An attorney by trade, Jim is currently the Vice-President of the Digital sector of Octagon. In today’s social media craze, Jim and his staff at Octagon Digital, created Twackle.com in response to the massive explosion of Twitter. Jim, the founder of Twackle.com took a few […]
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Jeff Chilcoat, president of Sterling Sports Management, LLC, founded the company in 1997 out of the law firm Campbell, Hornbeck, Chilcoat & Veatch, LLC. Sterling Sports has grown to include three divisions, football, baseball, and golf and has clients such as John Henderson and Peerless Price. Jeff prides himself on being an ethical agent and caring for his clients in the best possible manner.
This Tuesday, the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints sent some scouts to Akron to do their own personal workouts with some of the players. We have some very exciting news to report. Dynasty client, Andrew Johnson, was told by the Indianapolis scout that he had the fastest timed 40 for any running back that […]
On March 29, the New York Daily News ran a story that contained this blurb: Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin, projected to go No. 1 this June, has been headed to agent Jeff Schwartz ever since last summer when he attended a series of conditioning workouts in California. The camp is financed by Schwartz, who could have […]
Ryan W. Morgan, president and CEO of Morgan Advisory Group (MAG), first experienced the sports business while working with the law firm Morrison & Foerster LLP.
Earlier this week, Andy Katz of ESPN wrote about a subject that I have covered many times on this blog: the proliferation of runners in the college basketball community. The main subject of the article was Blake Griffin, who every analyst and self-proclaimed analyst has being picked by whatever team ends up with the #1 […]
On the field, the undoubtedly gifted Alex Rodriguez makes it look easy, but off the field it’s a whole different story.
Just so everyone knows, I made this team based on my positional rankings for each player as well as the general consensus of who will be most successful in the NFL, prior to ever playing. I will also have the more interesting and personal list of “All NFL Draft Sleeper Team” which you can check out on the homepage as well.
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Are We Really Needed?
As somebody already in the sports agent profession or a student looking to one day get your big break, this story may not be something that pleases you. The title asks, Are We Really Needed? A couple of times in the past, I have disagreed with players dropping their agents in favor of self representation […]
I am a big fan of Kelly Perdew. A mutual friend of ours, Joe Favorito, suggested that I invite the einner of Season 2 “The Apprentice” and CEO of Rotohog to the 2009 UF Sports Law Symposium. I took Joe up on his suggestion and Kelly provided some great insight for everybody in attendance. I […]