It is tough to find anybody in the sports agent profession who has not talked about Howard Beck’s New York Times story titled, Tampering Leads to Rare Penalty Against Agent. It is not such a hot topic because someone was actually convinced that an agent knowingly recruited another agent’s client. It was newsworthy because an […]
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As Marc Isenberg correctly pointed out on this website not too long ago, Sports Agents = The Issue de Jour. But for much of the past few months, the focus of the media and the NCAA Agent, Gambling and Amateurism division has been on sports agents’ relationships with football student-athletes. The University of North Carolina-Chapel […]
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Women in the Locker Room
Lately the controversy concerning women in the locker room has resurfaced. This arose after a reporter, Ines Sainz, felt uncomfortable while interviewing Quarterback Mark Sanchez of the Jets in their locker room last week. By law, women are permitted in the locker room. This was decided in 1985 when the NFL mandated equal access. This […]
Who is Chris Hawkins? He says he is not an agent, but the NCAA, which suspended University of Georgia stand-out wide receiver A.J. Green for four games because he sold his jersey to Hawkins for $1,000, has no problem labeling Hawkins as an agent. Is he a financial advisor? A memorabilia collector? If he just […]
Registration for the 4th Annual Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition opened on September 13. The competition is on February 10-11, 2011 and is open to students from all ABA approved law schools. Since the competition is capped at 24 teams, students interested in competing should submit their registration form and entry fee as soon as possible. […]
As of July 1, 2002, the State of Florida no longer required people who wished to become licensed athlete agents in the state to take an examination or obtain a $15,000 surety bond. In discussions regarding athlete agent laws, very few people bring up the idea of requiring people to pass any sort of examination […]
A couple of weeks ago, everyone was wondering the following: 1) Did Alex Rodriguez really fire Scott Boras as his agent, and 2) Did A-Rod then hire Jay Reisinger to take over as his new agent of record? Papers reported that A-Rod has in fact left Boras, but he has not hired Reisinger to take […]
I hope everyone is enjoying their apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah. At this time of the year, I like to spend some time thinking about what I am thankful for. In particular, I am thankful to have supportive friends and family, good health, and independence. Quite a few professional basketball players should be thankful […]
On July 6, 2010, SportsAgentBlog.com became the first media entity to discuss the tie between agent Gary Wichard and former UNC associate head coach John Blake, after it was known that the NCAA was investigating the University of North Carolina football program regarding possible rules violations surrounding gifts/benefits received by players from sports agents. SportsBusiness Journal later found that […]
If you haven’t been following the trials and tribulations of the Ilya Kovalchuk saga over the last few months, you either aren’t a sports fan or you are still wrapped up in the Lebron James to Miami Heat ordeal. In case you had other news on your mind, here is a recap of the events […]