Sports Capital Group is a Weston, Florida-based football agency run by athlete agent Jonathan Kline. Kline is a graduate of the University of Miami and its School of Law, and a member of a variety of sports and entertainment law associations. On his football agency’s website, he states, “We do not employ runners, recruiters or middlemen. […]
Earlier this year, the NCAA banned three AAU teams from playing in NCAA-certified summer basketball events based on an NCAA finding that basketball agent Andy Miller of ASM Sports “implored” AAU team administrators to recruit future draft picks for his agency. Another AAU team found to have ties to Andy Miller was the SEBL Elite All-stars (17U and 15U), but that club […]
Yesterday, at 5:11 p.m. EST I received an email from a friend who (unbeknownst to me) received his certification to practice as an NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Contract Advisor a couple of years ago, but has not signed an NFL player in that time and plans to let his certification lapse next year. The email […]
On November 23, 2011, a former NC State football player named Eric Leak received a letter from Deborah A. Yow, Director of Athletics at NC State University. Typically, you do not want to receive a letter from Yow – she is well known in the sports agent community for the “warning letter” she penned in 2010, which […]
Remember Windy Milcent? There is not much of a reason to remember the name other than it being unique. On April 5, I published an article titled, Runner Goes After NFL Agent’s Client, Claims To Work For International Athlete Management. That article focused on the aforementioned Milcent, who sent a Facebook message to an already represented […]
Every day I get at least one email from someone who desires to become a sports agent. It never fails. For instance, yesterday I received the following communication: Hello, my name is [name redacted] and I am a sophomore at [school redacted]. I am a Sports Administration major with a concentration in Sports Commerce. I […]
The University of Washington compliance office has informed NFLPA Contract Advisors that the university has a new Agent Policy in place regarding student-athlete interaction with agents, financial advisors, or “anyone recruiting” UW student-athletes. The scope of the class is larger than the class in the recently established Agent Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel […]
Yesterday, I published my first article at Forbes (I recently signed an agreement to become a Contributor for the magazine’s SportsMoney column). The article is titled, University Of Miami Unveils Football Agent Policy Aimed At ‘Limiting Distractions’, and it looks at the recently implemented policy that attempts to restrict communication between football agents and football players […]
Another twist in the Stride Sports story with Director Glenn Archer of Stride Sports Management launching legal action against his former employee and Australian Football League (AFL) agent Alex McDonald. Caroline Wilson of the The Age reported the news late last week. As I had previously reported, Alex McDonald had left his former company Stride […]
Two days ago, the NFLPA sent an email to all certified Contract Advisors concerning the NFLPA Board of Player Representatives’s recent approval of amendments to the existing NFLPA Regulations Governing Contract Advisors. The memorandum attached to that email is embedded at the bottom of this post. The memo advises agents to pay particular attention to Resolution […]