Sports marketing and talent representation agency, Excel Sports Management, has secured outside funding from Shamrock Capital Investment. This is the first time Excel Sports has taken an outside investment and according to Forbes, Shamrock Capital typically invests north of $30 million into new ventures. Founded in 2002, Excel Sports bolsters a roster of 180 clients […]
Entertainment and talent agency conglomerate, Endeavor, has announced a strategic investment in BDA Sports Management. This investment’s impact comes largely from the acquisition of invaluable industry knowledge and insight belonging to the founder and sitting CEO of BDA, Bill Duffy. Endeavor’s subsidiary company, WME, will utilize Duffy as an advisor to their sports division. Bill […]
Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones and his brother, Alvin Jones, officially joined Rosenhaus Sports. Aaron Jones is set to become a free agent next season and is changing agents as his rookie deal comes to an end. He was previously represented by Steinberg Sports. Alvin Jones is currently a free agent. Aaron Jones […]
Last week on ESPN’s “The Jump”, Atlanta Hawks star, Trae Young, announced his endorsement extension with Adidas, as well as Adidas dropping his signature shoe in the fall of 2021. Young, 22, is set to be the second player from the 2018 NBA Draft to have a signature shoe, joining Dallas Mavericks’ Euro-star, Luka Doncic. […]
Rosenhaus Sports, headed by super agent Drew Rosenhaus, has secured former University of Louisville wide receiver Tutu Atwell for representation. Liz Mullen of the Sports Business Journal first reported the news. Atwell announced earlier this week that he was declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft, but he made it a point of emphasis that he […]
Anthony Fields is the Vice President of Basketball Operations at Vanguard Sports Group, a sports agency founded in 2014 by Joby Branion. Fields is a former college point guard who began his college career at Wake Forest University. He transferred from the Demon Deacons and earned a Sports Communication degree at Bradley University and an […]
Hockey agent tycoon, Pat Brisson, added another key player to his client list, Tyson Barrie. Barrie, 29, recently signed a one-year, $3.75 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers earlier this offseason. Barrie is coming off the abbreviated NHL season, due to COVID-19, in which he collected 39 points, 5 goals and 34 assists for the […]
On December 2nd, Lawrence P. Ferazani Jr., Deputy General Counsel of Labor of the NFL, and Tom DePaso, General Counsel of the NFL Players Association, signed an amendment to Article 46 and Appendix U of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). This Article encompasses on-field fines, including the appeal process, the topic of this amendment. […]
It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the world of sports. With sports and live events on pause for much of 2020, the sports marketing industry has experienced mass layoffs and tighter budgets, all while demand for strategic marketing and communications skyrocketed as brands and sports organizations carried out cause marketing campaigns […]
Meet Alexander Zapata, Founder and CEO of Z-Axis Sports, a Latino-owned and operated agency. Originally launched as a baseball agency in Boston, Massachusetts, alongside his wife, Jhoancy Veras-Zapata, the two are taking their talents to South Beach and expanding their service line into two new sports: soccer and combat sports. Alexander is a young entrepreneur […]