October 8, 2014
We are nearing the end of Representing the Professional Athlete MOOC as we head into week 4 focusing on athletes in their peak professional years and the challenges the agent and athlete will face together...
Colleges / Headline / Sports Law
March 25, 2014
What: 4th Annual Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium When: Friday, April 11, 2014 Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Where: 1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 (Moot Court Room)...
Arbitration / Headline / MLB Players / MLB Teams
February 16, 2012
Jeff Fannell of Jeff Fannell & Associates, LLC used to be an Assistant General Counsel with the Major League Baseball Players Association. Fannell worked with Robert Guerra, Bob Lenaghan, Matt Nussbaum, and Doyle Pryor as Assistant GCs...
Arbitration / Headline / MLB Players
February 13, 2012
While a little over a handful of arbitration eligible baseball players remain unsigned, most players who were eligible for arbitration have either gone to hearing or settled with their respective teams on single or...
March 22, 2011
What: 2011 Yale Law School Panel on Sports and the Law: Current Issues When: Monday, April 4, 2011 (6:30-8:00 p.m.) Where: Room 120 at Yale Law School Topics will include the NFL lockout, the...
January 21, 2011
As of October 1, 2010, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) has a new set of Regulations Governing Player Agents. I am currently working on Co-Authoring a major law review/journal piece that will...
December 30, 2010
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has its fair share of influential sports lawyers. Now they have their own hangout. Gerik Jenco, a University of Pittsburgh law student who is also the Director of Operations for Del Duca...
September 13, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, everyone was wondering the following: 1) Did Alex Rodriguez really fire Scott Boras as his agent, and 2) Did A-Rod then hire Jay Reisinger to take over as his...
Headline / Recruiting / Sports Agents / Sports Law
June 18, 2010
Yesterday, I discussed a cause of action for a sports agent who loses a client based on another agent’s interference in his contractual relations with a client. As I assumed, the post has generated...
May 14, 2010
In two hours, I will be on stage at the O’Connell Center (where UF plays its basketball games), officially graduating from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. The whole family is in town,...