Who: MLB P.R. Executive Julio Sarmiento. Mr. Sarmiento is a former Los Angeles Dodgers Public Relations Director and current Gainesville, Florida resident. He served as the head P..R. contact in the nation’s second largest media market, dealing with some of the most high-profile baseball players in the Major Leagues. Prior to his time in L.A., […]
Category: Sports Business
BOSS Mode
That’s right…The Business of Sports School. This new high school created by the New York City Department of Education will open its doors in September to 81 students, in an effort to teach the business of sports with an emphasis on making it in the real world. Students will also take normal courses like math […]
The year is 2009. Our country is faced with some of its darkest days in history. The U.S. economy is on a steady downfall and it is only getting worse. Many people who make a living on Wall Street are starting to zip up their pockets to try and save some money here and there. It seems […]
The answer to that question gets a little bit blurry when you start talking about the newly crowned Superbowl XLIII MVP, Santonio Holmes. Sports Business Daily reported that Holmes’ history, which is marked by several criminal incidences, may make it difficult for sponsors to get behind the Pittsburgh Steeler WR. Here is a brief re-cap […]
CAA Goes All “Strategery”
Why not just call CAA’s sport division, IMG? It seems like besides representing a few notable individual-sport athletes like Tiger Woods, most former IMG team-sport clients and their agents have moved from cold Cleveland to sunny California and joined the ranks of the always growing Creative Artists Agency. CAA’s latest IMG pick-up is Bob Kain, […]
Recently debate has heated up regarding bringing a professional hockey or basketball team to Hartford, Connecticut. Since the Hartford Whalers left the city in 1997, Hartford has been without a major professional franchise. Back in 1999 there was hope that the New England Patriots would move to the city, but that deal fell through. Personally, […]
I am currently in Tampa, already had some very productive meetings, and plan to head to the Yardbarker/GQ/Jack Daniels party hosted by Terrell Owens tonight. Tomorrow, I will head to an event titled, Network with the Pros. I just received a press release about the event and am happy to pass along the information. If […]
The Seattle Supersonics left the state of Washington to relocate the franchise to Oklahoma City only months ago. The move brought a lot of drama, and pain to Seattle fans. Since losing the Los Angeles Rams franchise in 1994, the city of Los Angeles has been shopping for a potential NFL team to represent the […]
Not only should you be really pumped about the 2009 UF Sports Law Symposium occurring tomorrow at the Levin College of Law, but next week, there will be another great speaker on UF’s main campus. Who: Former NFL League Executive Dick Maxwell. Mr. Maxwell just got done completing a 36-year NFL career in 2006. He […]
Besides being a showcase for NFL Prospects to show scouts, GMs, and other NFL executives their strength, speed, and intelligence, the NFL Combine serves as a meeting place for almost all NFLPA certified agents. The NFLPA’s agent regulations require agents to go to one seminar each year, and most agents choose the one during the […]