Anderson Varejao looks and plays like a bizarro Joakim Noah to me. That being said, you may have noticed (but probably not, because you have been so focused on LeBron James) that the Cleveland Cavaliers have been without Varejao since the beginning of the 2007-08 NBA season. His absence did not hurt the Cavs much […]
Category: Sports Agents
Hopefully it is clear to you by now that the public gets its image of the sports agent industry from a few events per year which involve the “big name” agents in the business. In the past, people viewed agents as Tom Cruise’s character in Jerry Maguire. Then they were left with the image of […]
Chris Ekwueme is a very talented, but largely unknown football player. Chris is a special player with tremendous size, strength, quickness, and versatility. He can play on either the offense or defensive line. His talents have gone unnoticed because he played his college ball at the D-II level. He has had limited professional exposure at the […]
Curt Schilling has really picked up his posting lately. The man loves his blog, especially now that the 2007 MLB season is over. As I have said in the past, I am not a huge fan of Schilling, but it is my responsibility to keep track of his writings and see if he ever mentions […]
Remember our recent, brief discussion about falsely comparing standard baseball business practices with ethics [Ethics Or Merely Business Of Baseball?]? Yeah…you probably skipped over that one. Well today, I would like to focus on one instance where ethics may actually be enforced in the sports business world. Believe it or not, attorneys now make up […]
Despite being in the thick of the National Championship race—a #1 standing in the BCS rankings and looming showdowns with Arkansas this Friday, and either Tennessee or Georgia at the SEC Championship on December 1st—LSU head football coach Les Miles may indeed have one eye already on the Michigan job, recently vacated by Lloyd Carr. […]
You probably missed it, but the Oregionian had a very humorous piece last week which aimed to get in the mind of Scott Boras [Deep thoughts with Scott Boras]. This was one of his generated thoughts: Indicted? Thank you, Barry. Ain’t nobody going to have the time to pile on ol’ Scott now. Indicted. Indicted. […]
We enjoyed Champaign, Illinois last week. Nothing like being in a town when its team unpredictably knocks off the #1 team in the nation. Unfortunately this week’s Friday Wrap-Up comes to you back from Gainesville, FL, where I am beginning to fret about first semester Law School finals. Dwyane Wade has signed with William Morris […]
Being a sports agent is no easy task. You must split your time between checking in on current clients, recruiting potential future clients, and then working your ass off to keep your current clients happy (by signing them to endorsement deals, getting them free merchandise, negotiating large contracts with their teams, etc.). But how should […]
So MLBPA executive director Donald Fehr doesn’t seem too concerned about the possible fallout from Former Senator George Mitchell’s impending steroid report. But he is upset over rumors that came out of the recent general managers’ meetings relating to the sharing of information between clubs as to their plans regarding players. Baseball’s labor contract says […]