Scott Boras is not your typical sports agent. The 66-year-old California-native has become one of the most powerful men in all of Major League Baseball. For the fourth consecutive year, Boras’ remarkable negotiating skills led him to the pinnacle of Forbes’ list of most successful sports agents in the world. The super-agent currently manages nearly $1.9 […]
After Kyler Murray hoisted the Heisman Trophy , many questioned whether he should choose to enter into the NFL Draft or follow through with his pledge to the Oakland Athletics to play professional baseball. The A’s selected Murray ninth overall in the 2018 MLB Draft. He signed a $4.6 million contract before the Sooners football […]
According to the Major League Baseball’s Drug Prevention and Treatment Program players who test positive for performance enhancing substances are subject to an 80 game suspension for their first offense, 162 games (a full season) including the postseason for those who test positive a second time, and if a player is caught a third time […]
Former National Football League super agent Ben Dogra is waging a war against his former employer Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in federal court. The pending action comes after the parties engaged in an arbitration battle that lasted multiple years with the arbitrator ultimately declaring that Dogra, the former agent for Adrian Peterson, Robert Griffin III […]
This article was written by Jeff Borris, a MLBPA-certified player agent for over 30 years who has represented hundreds of players. He is currently General Counsel at Ballengee Group. The number of quality free agents available on the 2017-18 open market, not only late into the off-season but all the way up to spring training, […]
Football agents in England’s top division are among the most polarizing figures associated with the sport. Tasked with managing the financial affairs of their clients, agents will begin to pop into the headlines during contract negotiations and high-profile transfers. To young players, agents at times will assume the role of a parent, guiding them on […]
Nicole Lynn is a sports agent with Young Money APAA Sports and practicing attorney. Lynn is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelors Degree in Business Management and Doctor of Law (J.D.) with honors. She has worked on Wall Street as a Financial Analyst and obtained both her Series 7 and Series […]
The Sports & Entertainment Group, PLLC has announced its 2018 NFL Draft Class. The Washington, D.C. based agency led by Adisa Bakari and Jeff Whitney have 6 clients eager to hear their names called during this year’s NFL Draft taking place April 26-28 at AT&T Stadium. TSEG class includes Linebacker Dorian O’Daniel, Cornerbacks Rashard Fant […]
Pat Forde and Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports published an article this morning investigating the documents and bank records obtained during the federal investigation of ASM Sports. The documents, which included financial records such as expense reports and bank statements, essentially prove that ASM was providing impermissible benefits to current and former NCAA men’s basketball […]
The Symposium will feature faculty and attorneys from Florida and throughout the U.S. and will provide an interdisciplinary review of issues involving various industries, ranging from Estate matters in the music industry and how to properly advise your client, First amendment rights in sports and entertainment, , and career advice from various prominent lawyers in […]