Drew Rosenhaus is a man known for holding his clients out from training camp and even into the regular season if he feels that the players he represents are not being paid for the value they are producing. The general public was brought into the realm of “holdout discussion” primarily through the discourse revolving around […]
“When you spend your own money you want to be recognized for that. I don’t want to be a hero, but just pay more attention to what I’m doing. People don’t want to give me the recognition for it.” How many guesses will it take before you figure out who said the quote above? If […]
Leave out D. Wade from this list…he is still a bonifide superstar. Here is your list of nightmare clients for the week of June 11th-June 18th (I am seriously contemplating making this a weekly column updated every Sunday…comment if you think I should): 1. Ben Roethlisberger Ben takes the proverbial cake this week as he […]
In a former post, I posed a question as the title of a post: Can Olympic/Student Athletes Obtain Endorsements? After using Jeremy Bloom as a case-in-point, the answer was found to be a decisive no. But why are student-athletes allowed to compete in boxing matches while they are in college and accumulate $25,000 prizes, while […]
Bloomberg, one of the global leaders in financial and market data, had an interesting article on this year’s World Cup. Let’s face it: soccer is huge globally even though it is not very popular on this continent. Young Americans interested in becoming agents should not dismiss soccer because its global appeal is certainly growing. It […]
American Airlines, AA.com, is taking advantage of their monopoly of the 2006 NBA Finals by claiming its “Home Court Advantage.” If you have not figured it out yet, or you just think that the Miami Heat still play in the Miami Arena, both Miami’s new arena that they currently play in and the arena that […]
The SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) group is dedicated to the advance of study in baseball’s past and present. SABR runs The Baseball Index, which is a free catalogue with a variety of baseball information for baseball fans and researchers. It is holding its annual convention this month from Tuesday, June 27th through Saturday, […]
Everyone imagines the stereotypical Sports Agent as a man with slicked back hair, ruthless in negotiations, and always on his cell phone. While stereotypes often simplify or generalize a situation to a great degree (there are women agents that do not have slicked back hair and are calm and collected in negotiations), they sometimes hold […]
Today there was a very interesting article in a blog that I subscribe to called: Concurring Opinions. In a post titled, “Rock, Paper, Scissors ADR”, Dave Hoffman reports on a case where a federal judge in Florida decided to resolve a dispute between two attorneys that could not resolve any issue between themselves. According to […]
Meet Rufus Williams: head of a company called Olympus, LCC, which focuses on providing business and financial management, contract negotiation, career development, etc. to its clients. Athletes and entertainers are among Olympus’s list of important clients (see: Gary Sheffield). Before becoming involved with representation of clients and forming Olympus, LLC, Mr. Williams was working at […]