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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (4/17/15)

Even though we are coming off of Masters week, there are still many major sporting events to come over the next few weeks. The NBA playoffs begin tomorrow with my pick to win it all, the Warriors, tipping off at 3:30. The 141st running of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 2nd, 2015. If this date […]

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The New Era Gaming In Law

What: The New Era Gaming in Law hosted by Northern Kentucky Law Review & The W. Bruce Lunsford Academy for Law, Business + Technology Where: Northern Kentucky University, George and Ellen Rieveschl Digitorium, Griffin Hall Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY When: Friday, March 20 9:00am-4:30pm Description The symposium, “The New Era in Gaming Law,” will […]

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Vulcun Ups The Ante To A $4 Million Prize Pool

Last month, we wrote about Vulcun’s $1 Million prize pool for the 2015 LCS season. For those who don’t know, Vulcun is a daily fantasy eSports company that offers free and paid contests in a salary cap format. The $4 million prize pool represents a 400% increase from Vulcun’s prize pool of $1M announced a month ago […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (2/27/15)

Even though it’s the offseason, there is still a lot of action going on in the NFL. With the Combine having come and gone, teams are beginning to make roster and cap space for future draft picks and free agents. Darren’s Miami Dolphins recently cut two wide receivers and could possibly be letting Mike Wallace go too. On […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (2/13/15)

It’s NBA All-Star weekend and Kevin Hart just won his 4th straight MVP in the Celebrity All-Star Game. Darren is enjoying the festivities in NYC although I doubt he is enjoying the weather difference from South Florida. It seems there has been big news in the sports agency world every week for the last month […]

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Vulcun Offering $1 Million Fantasy eSports Prize Pool

Fantasy sports have become extremely popular in the US with daily fantasy sports becoming the most commonly played. Companies like FanDuel and DraftKings are already worth multi-millions by being the leaders in paid daily fantasy sports. Vulcun, a company founded by former pro eSports players, is now offering daily fantasy eSports in games such as […]

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Bloomberg Helps Teams, Agents, Fantasy Players

Bloomberg L.P., the mega-financial services firm owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, expanded its reach into the sports arena forming Bloomberg Sports a little more than a year ago.  This venture utilizes their experience in financial data to provide statistical analysis.  Bloomberg’s “Pro” level services are marketed to teams, broadcast firms, and agents […]

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Skillful Planning or Lucky Break? Fantasy Football’s Unique Ruling

As training camps across the NFL come to a close and Week 1 just around the corner, we think about all that is great with the sport of football. The anticipation for a Sunday morning kickoff, the feeling that this could be the year, the marriage of Ochocinco and Ochouno, and of course, another Brett […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/14/09)

Off to Tallahassee for the weekend (it is the capital of Florida for you non-Geography majors) and then back to Gainesville to move into a new residence for my final year of law school.  I sent out the initial batch of invitations to potential moderators and panelists for the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium.  In […]

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Practice Makes Perfect

The majority of people on this site are looking to represent players from one of the big four (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). When it comes time to represent a major client, how many contracts will you have negotiated? Well now, thanks to PASPN.net’s Fantasy Basketball Mock GM game, you can practice your agent skills against […]