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Michael Huyghue Remains United With Football

In Chris Lesley’s Sept 24-31 Wash Up column, he mentioned that Jacksonville, Florida based sports agent Michael Huyghue has handed back his NFLPA agent license in order to head up a new football league: the United Football League (UFL). In fact, Huyghue seems to be leaving it all behind with the hope that the UFL […]

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UCLA Law Call For Sports Agents

My buddy Nate Jones, a fellow 1L at the University of California Los Angeles and owner of JONES ON THE NBA, asked me to pass this along: UCLA School of Law seeks sports agents (particularly MLB, NBA, NFL) to participate in a panel slated for Thurs., Nov. 13th. The topic will center around the paternalistic […]

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Adam Taxin Show #4

Officially my fourth appearance on Adam Taxin’s radio show, which is broadcast on 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The entire segment is devoted to a discussion about Reggie Bush and his involvement with Michael Michaels and Lloyd Lake of New Era Sports & Entertainment while enrolled at the University of Southern California. For the […]

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Mike Lowell Needs A Leverage Lesson

Mike Lowell loves playing for the Boston Red Sox whether they win the World Series or end up losing to the Cleveland Indians in Game 5 of the ALCS. It really says a lot about a modern day player who is not afraid to voice his candid opinion to the media. Most athletes who choose […]

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99 Problems…Is The NFLPA One?

Jeffrey Standen, also known as The Sports Law Professor, strongly believes that the cause of NFLPA agent problems (he gives examples of Carl Poston and Tank Blank) stems from the players association itself. As always, I encourage you to check out the article in its entirety, but if you are too lazy or crunched for […]

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Sports Agents Should Go Green

The Philadelphia Eagles are off to a slow start in the 2007, but have been on a fast pace to become the most environmentally friendly professional sports team. The fact that the Eagles care about the environment may not directly translate to dollars in the bank, but the team’s owners may realize that life is […]

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The Mitchell Report

Okay, so by now you’ve probably heard and read the story relating to Senator George Mitchell’s investigation into Major League Baseball’s steroid and human growth hormone (HGH) scandal, which started some 18 months ago. To reiterate, there was a league-wide conference call mid-day Friday, whereby League and team officials alike learned that the forthcoming Mitchell […]

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Insight From A South African Sports Agent

Less than a week ago, The Times (a South African paper) published a question/answer article between its readers and Craig Livingstone, an influential sports agent in the region [Leading SA sports agent Craig Livingstone answers your questions]. I encourage you to take a look at the fairly short article in its entirety. It will allow […]

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Give it up, Reggie

It was April 15th when I last blogged on the Reggie Bush fiasco (see Yahoo! timeline) and wrote that “Bush may be able to evade tacklers, but the increasingly intricate web cast by the growing group of arguably unsavory characters with whom he’s aligned himself may prove tougher.” At the time, Bush had just settled […]

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Are You Ready For Your Yankees Fix?

Because I am about to lay it on you semi-hard. Not only am I a Yankees fan, but I have been following the looming issues that the team is now facing while the bubble continued to grow during the season.  Now it seems to be bursting. It all started in the beginning of July 2007, […]