This edition of Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from Hollywood, FL, where it is still a sunny 80 degrees in the middle of winter. It pains me to think that I will be back in the 30s upon my return to Gainesville. Anyway, it is time to pop the champagne bottles, because for the […]
Category: Social Networking
Two finals down, two to go. Criminal Law and Torts will be out of my mind for a while. Now it is onto studying for Professional Responsibility and Constitutional Law. Oh, and it is Hanukkah! So spin those dredles and burn down the candles. Here comes some stories that I failed to cover during the […]
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MySpace, A Place For Branding
Look at the Social Networking category and you will note that I am a firm believer in the positive power that the web can have for an athlete’s persona and reputation. At the same time, screw up and make your online identity suspect, and you can leave yourself open to massive criticism. MySpace.com is a […]
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Review of PMbuzz.com
Sponsored Post: I Want to be a Sports Agent is a sports site, and more specifically covers one main niche in the industry of sports. Thus, you may be wondering why I am covering an entertainment-based social networking site called PMbuzz.com. For one thing, sports and entertainment are becoming closer aligned every day. Take a […]
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Athletes Love Their Blogs
Athletes have a variety of ways to boost their publicity through the World Wide Web. That publicity can turn out to reflect positively on one’s image, but can also result in negative consequences. Facebook, Myspace, AccessAthletes, etc, put the power in athletes’ hands to do as they wish when they create their profiles, upload pictures […]
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Live September 4th on WNWR
I will be on a live feed tomorrow (Sept 4th) at 1 PM EST with sports radio host, Adam Taxin, on wnwr.com (and, if you’re in Philly, on 1540 AM WNWR). The interview will last for a few minutes on a segment for Adam’s NFL Preview show. Someone had already snatched up the AFC East […]
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Safe Networking
A social site that aids in networking yet is safe and simple? I believe that the backbone of being a successful sports agent is networking skills. In a world that is being shaped more and more by openness, some people are taking advantage of new opportunities to create technology that makes networking easier. Lief Larson […]
USC linebacker creates a very distasteful Facebook group. Chalk this one up on your things not to do on Facebook. Clay Matthews, a linebacker at the school known for promoting the non-usage of underwear by its cheerleaders (aka USC), used his constitutionally given right of free speech to create a Facebook group titled, “White Nation.” […]
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Cortes The MySpace Killer
When you are a 19-year-old with some good stuff and trying to make it into the Major Leagues, maybe its best to keep the pictures of yourself drinking underage and passed out on a toilet naked off of MySpace and other social networking sites. of the Burlington Bees seems to disagree with such sentiments. Apparently […]
Andrew Goodwin is the co-founder of a new online venture called ProRecruitNetwork.com. Along with his partner, Burton Rocks, Mr. Goodwin has plans to change the landscape of recruiting athletes that aim to participate in American professional sports. ProRecruitNetwork.com is a database and online sports community intended to help Sports Agents, scouts, and coaches discover athletic […]