Eric R. Wiesel went to California State University, Sacramento and Lincoln Law School before joining the law firm of Matheny Sears Linkert & Jaime. He is a partner at the firm and heads its sports practice with an NBA, WNBA, and NFLPA license. Two of his more notable clients are Rebekkah Brunson (All-Star and US […]
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Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
Today is Blog Action Day 2008. Last year’s mission was to help the environment, and SportsAgentBlog.com did its small part to notice those in the sports world who have been going green and encourage others to follow suit. This year’s goal is to make a difference by having over 7,500 bloggers post about poverty. Those […]
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Bringing Back ARPA
One of the real flaws of traditional agentry is that there is no collegiality to it. Agents are so hyper-critical of each other that they don’t advance it as a profession, because they are so competitive that they are unable to acknowledge that other agents negotiate well or do a good job. They rejoice in […]
Yesterday, I had the privilege of answering a few interview questions for the very popular sports website, Hugging Harold Reynolds. HHR has started a new column titled, So You Want to Work in Sports?, where they will be interviewing 20 and 30-something-year-olds in various careers in professional, amateur and collegiate sports to get a take […]
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One Million Page Views Contest
If you would have told me on December 31, 2005 (when I first started this blog, originally named I Want to be a Sports Agent and located at www.dhpromo.com/blog) that this site would eventually reach a total of one-million page views, I most likely would have laughed hysterically. This site was created before the big […]
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Which Law School Breeds Success?
Should I go to law school? What law school should I go to? Should I go to a law school that has a sports law specialty? What should I Major in at my undergraduate institution? Do my Minors matter? Those are some of the most common questions that I receive by email, even though all […]
While I was frantically trying to find a class to substitute the terrible Child Support Enforcement Law that I dropped yesterday, I received an IM from Brian Foley of TheCollegeBaseballBlog.com. I had read headlines about Pedro Alvarez yesterday, but had not checked the full story yet. He wanted a quote, so this is what I […]
Did you miss the amazing Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies? How about each leg of Michael Phelps’ race to eight gold medals? You no longer need to guilt-trip your girlfriend about forcing you to go out to dinner during one of these monumental events. NBC is offering a DVD of the Olympics Opening Ceremonies and it […]
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Cancer Takes Down Upshaw
NFLPA Executive Director, Gene Upshaw, passed away last night at the age of sixty-three. The news comes just days after Upshaw was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While Gene Upshaw has definitely had his fair share of critics since leaving his professional football playing days to take over the throne at the NFLPA, his critics […]
The signing deadline for players selected by MLB organizations in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft has passed. On Thursday, I looked at which players had yet to sign, including Buster Posey, who was predicted to garner a rather large $7.5 million bonus. It turns out that he received much less: $6.2 million. The bonus is […]