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NFL Players Must Halt Borrowing Money At Unconscionable Rates

My friend Rand Getlin recently wrote a story about “cash-strapped NFL players seeking high-risk ‘lockout loans.’”  In his article, Getlin raised many good points, the most salient one being that players need to be very careful of who they work with to secure loans, and more importantly, the interest rates associated with those loans.  Just last […]

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No NFL Rookie Symposium, Player Education Programs

No preseason or regular season NFL games have been cancelled due to the NFL Lockout to date, but the Lockout has its first couple of victims: the rookie symposium and the joint NFL/NFLPA player education programs held annually at Ivy League universities. Every year, all players selected in the NFL Draft are invited to the […]

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NFL Lockout Fallout: Players Taking High-Risk Loans

The biggest fallout from the NFL Lockout thus far is not the opening of some sports agent Wild Wild West, where agents are prying clients from one another’s grasp at any chance they get.  If anything, that sort of atmosphere already existed and did not change much with the decertification of the NFL Players Association […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (5/13/2011)

Congratulations to the Miami Heat on getting one step closer to the NBA Finals.  That was quite a series against the Celtics.  The 2011 MLB Draft is quickly approaching.  No real news on the NFL Lockout front; just a lot of continued speculation as to what will transpire in the courts.  The NBA Draft is […]

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2011 UFL Standard Player Contracts

Agents who had their clients selected in the 2011 UFL Draft should be happy that their players are safe from the great mystery of NFL football under the current lockout.  They will likely have their clients sign a United Football League Standard Player Contract (embedded below), which will be effective through February 29, 2012.  Paragraph […]

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The Intersection Of Sports, Labor Law & Antitrust Law

What: Discussion – The Intersection of Sports, Labor Law & Antitrust Law: Implications of the NFL Lockout and the Court’s Injunction in Brady v. NFL When: Monday, May 2, 2011 (6:00 p.m. – 8 p.m.) Where: New York University School of Law – Lipton Hall, D’Agostino Hall (108 West Third Street, New York, NY) Bruce S. Meyer, Esq., of Weil, […]

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NFL Players Show Irreparable Harm; Preliminary Injunction On Lockout Is Granted

The NFL Lockout is enjoined…for the moment.  But let’s live in the moment and take a look at the opinion handed down yesterday by Judge Susan Richard Nelson in the United States District Court District of Minnesota. The dry and dirty: The motion for a preliminary injunction on the NFL Lockout was granted. If you […]

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Archived Audio From The 4/6/2011 NFL Lockout Discussion

Sticking to the lockout discussion, if you missed yesterday’s roundtable teleconference at Focus.com, you can still hear what Jessica B. Horewitz and I had to say about various facets of the NFL Lockout.  First, a little bit of background on Jessica B. Horewitz, Ph.D., who joined me in the event. Jessica B. Horewitz, Ph.D., wrote her […]

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An NBA Lockout May Affect Early Entries And The Overseas Market

Yesterday, I was involved in a great discussion about the NFL Lockout, which I will include a link to in a future post.  I also had the opportunity to answer some questions for Marcus Shockley at Basketball Elite regarding a potential NBA Lockout and how it may affect players who are or may enter the […]

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The NFL Lockout: Where Are We Now and What It Means for Business

Join me in a roundtable teleconference on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 at 2pmPT/5pm ET as we address the legal and economic consequences of the NFL lockout. Our panel will discuss specific topics such as: The real story on the lockout such as what both sides really want, how far apart they are and who the powers are […]