Many college football enthusiasts remember former Alabama wide-receiver, Tyrone Prothro, for the disgusting injury he suffered against the Gators (pictured right). Jason Goggins has Prothro in his head permanently for a different reason. Goggins used to be an NFLPA agent at Savage Sports Management, who’s home base is the same as Austin Walton’s hometown (Dynasty’s […]
What: Symposium: From the Arena to the Streets – The Pressures Placed on Athletes, Entertainers, and Management Where: Seton Hall Law School, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ. Click here for map. When: 9 a.m.-afternoon/early evening. Friday, November 7, 2008 Panels: Constructing and Operating Sport and Entertainment Facilities Health of Professional Athletes and Obligations to Perform […]
What: Conference on Professional Sports: Current Issues and Their Future Implications Where: Alumni Memorial Union on Marquette’s campus. Click here for map. When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2008 Panels: Acquisition, Sale, and Valuation of Sports Franchises Sports Broadcasting Issues Playing Facility Issues Potpourri of Hot Topics in Professional Sports Cost: The basic cost […]
Looks like Monta Ellis may in fact be on his own island. At least he has an agent, Jeff Fried, to help him along in the process of trying to resolve the mess Monta currently finds himself in. However, this is the same agent who may have played a role in Ellis initially lying to […]
Monta Ellis is starting to make the news again today following his surgery last Wednesday on his left ankle, which will leave Golden State’s starting point guard on the bench for at least three months. Baron Davis is gone, and the Warriors were banking on Ellis to step right into his role, signing Monta to […]
My home state of Florida is one of the most stringent, if not the most active state, to regulate the sports agent profession. I applied for my Florida license shortly after forming Dynasty Athlete Representation as an LLC on April 7, 2007. It took until December 31, 2007 before I was formally licensed by the […]
Everyone has their two-cents on the story about a nine-year-old boy, Jericho Scott, who was told by his youth baseball league that his stuff on the mound was too damn good that he was not longer permitted to play in the organization. The league wants Jericho’s team to be terminated and redistributed to other teams […]
Since my post yesterday regarding the NBA forbidding teams to talk with Hamed Ehadadi and all other Iranian athletes, there has been an update. Today, the NBA reports that the league has been approved for the appropriate license by the US government, and that teams can now officially talk to Ehadadi. After many scouts saw […]
After an impressive showing in Beijing, seven-foot-two Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi caught the eye of many scouts all around the world. In a 97-82 Iranian loss to Argentina, a game that Ehadadi had 21 points and 16 rebounds in, Hamed said through an assistant coach, Mehran Hatami, “It is my dream to play in the […]
The Seattle Supersonics are no longer in existence. However, former Sonic owner Howard Schultz is still making a lot of commotion. This past Friday, August 15th, Federal Judge Marsha Pechman set a June 15, 2009 trial date for Schultz’s lawsuit, which seeks to overturn his 2006 sale of the team to Clay Bennett. The sale […]