On Tuesday November 1oth, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge David Doty’s previous order against the NFL. The court affirmed the previous judge’s ruling and declared that Mike Vick‘s contract should remain under Doty’s oversight. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello mentioned that Doty’s ruling on Vick’s bonuses was upheld in large part because the […]
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The Lockout Provision
Finding a professional athlete work during a lockout might amount to getting him on teams in other countries or minor leagues in North America. This strategy was widely used during the last NHL lockout in the 2003-2004 season. Players like Chris Chelios played with fringe minor league teams close to home and family while others […]
Matthew Epps, a Spring 2010 J.D. Candidate (like me) from Villanova University School of Law (unlike me), just received a high honor entering his third and final year of law school; he was published in his school’s Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. His piece: FULL COURT PRESS: HOW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WEAKENED THE NBA’S COMPETITIVE EDGE […]
In June, I wrote an article describing the future implications of the “decade deal” as I called it, on the National Hockey League. A player typically signs a deal longer than ten years for tens of millions of dollars. There are elements of risk and reward for each side. The team gets the player signed […]
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High Priced China
For American basketball players who cannot quite cut it in the NBA, the option of going overseas to play is very tempting. If the player is good enough, he can get a chance playing for an NBDL team, but unless he truly believes that the NBDL will serve as a platform for him to break […]
I am back up in lovely Gainesville, FL. No matter if you are in Miami, Gainesville, or anywhere else in the state, you better get used to summer weather. Blistering heat until 2-3 p.m., then at least a couple of hours of thunderstorms. Such is life. I am back to taking classes and working very […]
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Are We Really Needed?
As somebody already in the sports agent profession or a student looking to one day get your big break, this story may not be something that pleases you. The title asks, Are We Really Needed? A couple of times in the past, I have disagreed with players dropping their agents in favor of self representation […]
There has been much concern about the financial conditions of NHL teams the past few months. Obviously, a struggling economy isn’t good for any sports team. So how will the depressing economic conditions of both North America and the National Hockey League affect NHL player agents? NHL General Managers held their winter meeting last week, […]
If you have had trouble keeping up with Clay Moser over the years, it is understandable. Twenty plus years of experience in the basketball industry can make for a difficult task. Moser’s wealth of knowledge has led him to his latest stop as head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Developmental […]
Bonzi Wells made his China league debut towards the end of 2008. He scored 48 points and snared 11 rebounds in the debut, helping the Shanxi Zhongyu to a 107-106 win over Tianjin. Wells went 17-37 from the floor and shot 5-15 on three-pointers. He also had seven steals in Sunday’s game. Some un Bonzi-like […]