The Sports Financial Advisors Association is a non-profit professional organization of Financial Advisors, Accountants and Attorneys whose practices include professional athletes as clients. The organization is holding its 4th annual national conference on 11/7 and 11/8 in Hollywood, FL at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa. The event is designed to give financial and legal […]
Only a day after reporting a major announcement by Career Sports & Entertainment in regards to its expansion from Atlanta to New York City, I have a few more CS&E related stories to relay. As an owner of a fairly popular blog, I am always thrilled to hear news of success stories for others in […]
The company credited for getting my feet wet in this industry, Career Sports & Entertainment, has just announced major expansion news. Career Sports has definitely thrived in the city of Atlanta, GA, is in the process of expanding to New York City and has been recently searching for some office space. Jim Donofrio, owner of […]
A little over a year ago, I reported on the internal struggles over at CSMG headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The company was spending a lot of money being on projects that had not yet amounted to anything worthwhile and the company was split over whether to focus more on contractual negotiations or marketing deals. Meanwhile, […]
The NFL announced today the selection of Under Armour, Inc., as the presenting sponsor of the 2009 NFL Scouting Combine. All participants in the 2009 NFL Scouting Combine presented by Under Armour will be wearing Under Armour performance apparel designed specifically for the Combine, slated for February 18 – 24, 2009 at Lucas Oil Stadium […]
What: Half-day conference focused on the economics of online and mobile sports media and leagues’ own efforts. Where: Edison Ballroom in New York City When: October 29, 2008 Subjects: The complicated economics of league rights, data business, syndication, exclusivity, premium and more. Headliners: Gary Bettman – Commissioner of NHL Bob Bowman – President/CEO of MLBAM […]
When UnderArmour announced that its first basketball endorsement would be for Brandon Jennings, an American born kid who would go on to play his first professional game overseas, the final piece of the puzzle was in place to legitimize the overseas experiment. No longer are we wondering whether players will go from the NBA to […]
Yesterday, Platinum Sports & Entertainment Management, LLC and MAC Sports & Entertainment announced an agreement to merge their respective companies. The merger creates the largest baseball agency in the State of Missouri and significantly expands the St. Louis based agencies’ reach in the professional baseball representation industry. The combined agencies will continue to operate under […]
On September 12, I took the first step on my journey towards being a sports agent. I hopped on the #8 bus, transferred to the #126, went up to the 31st floor of Chicago’s Board of Trade building, and stepped into Masterplan Group International for the first day of my internship. Almost a month into […]
You should have seen this one coming for a while. Late 2007, CAA began representing MMA apparel brand, TapouT, which sponsors over one-hundred MMA fighters. CAA’s main tasks have been to look for licensing opportunities for TapouT in categories ranging from DVDs to truck mud flaps and everything between. Now CAA is going back to […]