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Sports Business

Jonathan Blue Answers A Few Questions

Jonathan Blue is Chairman and Managing Director of a little company called, Blue Equity, LLC.  It’s some small private equity firm in Louisville, Kentucky that basically dominates every industry from real estate to financial planning, and more recently, sports & entertainment.  I hope you noted my earlier sarcasm by now.  Blue is a true business […]

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Colleges Sports Law

Pitt’s Master Of Studies In Sports And Entertainment Law

Interested in truly learning about sports law, but have absolutely no desire of becoming a lawyer? Does the idea of spending the next three years of your life in a law school library scare you? Want to get a postgraduate degree as fast as possible (so that you may potentially become an NFLPA agent)? If […]

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Sports Business

IMaGine $3 Billion

Is Ted Forstmann already interested in selling IMG? If so, then all signs are pointing towards former Yahoo! and Warner Bros. Entertainment CEO Terry Semel as being the front-runner for the acquisition. Semel is interested in reshaping the organization once again. When Forstmann purchased IMG, he scrapped the team sports divisions (baseball, football, etc), let […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation

Dynasty Notes – Part 12

New format for Dynasty Notes: bullets. It makes it much easier for me to write it, takes out the fluff, and will ensure that these babies get printed more often. Baseball: Gerard Haran has been tearing up the Atlantic League with the best team in Independent Baseball. As of writing this post, Gerard is tied […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation Entertainment

DYNASTY INTRODUCES ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION

For Immediate Release Contact: Darren Heitner 954.558.6999 [email protected] DYNASTY INTRODUCES ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION Lauren Jones and Lauren Stevens Headline Talent GAINESVILLE, FL – May 9, 2008, Dynasty Athlete Representation, LLC has officially announced the creation of an Entertainment Division with the signing of four models. Headlining the division is Lauren Jones, known widely for her leading […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation

Dynasty Notes – Part 11

Dynasty Notes will take you through the development of Dynasty Athlete Representation, LLC. If you have not yet read Dynasty Notes – Part 10, go ahead and read it. Enjoy Dynasty Notes – Part 11. Since the last edition of Dynasty Notes, the company has signed both of its baseball clients to deals with Professional […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Cool news: I am scheduled to have an interview with Leigh Steinberg on Monday to discuss his efforts in promoting a cause to prevent, appropriately diagnose and treat sports concussions. Not so cool news: I actually had a mild concussion this week. At least we have something to talk about! On the real, I still […]

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Colleges Sports Law

First Annual Nova Southeastern University Sports Law Symposium: “The Growth of the Florida Sports Market”

Guest contribution by: Jesse Feldman, Sports and Entertainment Law Society Executive Board Member The first annual Nova Southeastern University Sports Law Symposium has come and gone and we have been hearing nothing but rave reviews from members of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law section of the Florida Bar (our partner in this CLE event), […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

I really hope all of you enjoyed the most recent Dynasty Notes. A lot has happened since the post, which was only a couple of days ago. We have some deals on the table for our two baseball clients and just announced the development of Dynasty’s Entertainment Division (go to the Clients section on the […]

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Entertainment Sports Business

Jay-Z; Stoute Translate Sport and Entertainment

New Jersey Nets investor, music, and fashion icon Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter will be teaming with long time friend, business partner, and Translation Consultation & Brand Imaging (TCBI) founder Steve Stoute to form a new advertising agency aimed at helping corporate clients gain access to multicultural consumers, who represent $2 trillion in consumer buying power. Jay […]