NBA Players / NBA Teams / Sports Business
March 23, 2020
The National Baskball Players’ Association (NBPA) has announced that the search for the successor of current Executive Director Michele Roberts will begin. Practicing forward thinking, the NBPA has acknowledged the importance of putting together...
January 16, 2020
The WNBA and WNBPA has come to a “tentative” terms on a new eight-year Collective Bargaining Agreement. The two entities have been at the negotiating table for quite some time looking for a middle...
Contract Negotiation / NFL Players / NFL Teams / Sports Agents
April 26, 2019
Productive NFL players and their agents beam at the thought of contract negotiations. When players become free agents, they are faced with a unique opportunity to sign life-changing deals. Agents do their job in...
Contract Negotiation / MLB Players / MLB Rules / MLB Teams / Recruiting / Sports Agents / Sports Business / Sports Law
January 18, 2019
The free agency period leading up to Major League Baseball’s 2019 season has produced a myriad of reports on the rumored signings of the games top stars. As writers fight online to claim credit...
Headline / International Basketball / NBA Players
August 24, 2011
The news that the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) will prevent NBA players current under contract from playing in its league was not talked about much in sports business circles; however, it has a great...
Corporate Sponsors / Headline / NFL Players / NFL Teams / Sports Business
March 14, 2011
I thought about writing this article a few months ago as I was hoping the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) would be finalized by now. Since this is not the case, I want to...
February 18, 2011
Happy Birthday to my mom, Gloria Heitner, who has to be the most amazing woman in the world. New Orleans was a great time and Tulane put on a fantastic event. Tomorrow, I will...
Headline / NFL Players / NFL Teams / Sports Law
February 10, 2011
With all the press from Super Bowl week and the talk about the upcoming CBA deadline, many people overlooked a very important ruling by NFL Special Master Stephen Burbank last Tuesday, February 1. Under...
December 27, 2010
Roughly a week ago, Mark S. Levin, Director of Salary Cap & Agent Administration for the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) told all NFLPA Contract Advisors that the February 25, 2011 annual agent seminar...
Headline / NFL Players / NFL Teams / Sports Law
December 6, 2010
With the NFL Players Association and the conglomerate of NFL owners in Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations this month, we have a window to discuss whether the expiration of the CBA will result in...