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Official NFLPA Lockout Discussion At New York Law School

What: NFL Players Association Lockout Session at New York Law School When: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 (3:30 pm -5:30 pm) Where: New York Law School (185 W. Broadway New York, NY 10013 – Auditorium, A014) George Atallah, NFLPA Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs will be speaking along with an undisclosed NFL player.  The discussion will […]

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Class Counsel Crafts A Brady v. NFL Q&A

On April 20, 2011, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal broke news that a breakaway group of as many as 70 NFL players have committed to a law firm to intervene in the Brady v. NFL case.  According to Kaplan, the group is upset that talks in Washington D.C. broke off, and wants a seat at […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (4/1/2011)

I am going on a year long trip around the world and will not be posting any updates to this site until 4/1/2012.  April Fools?  It feels good to have baseball again.  It is too bad that the headlines will continue to revolve around the NFL/NFLPA labor dispute.  I picked one Final Four team correctly […]

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NFLPA May Open The Dues Lockout Fund

As long as the NFLPA and the NFL do not come up with a solution regarding a new collective bargaining agreement and the NFL’s lockout is not enjoined by a court of law, the NFLPA will begin making payments to the players it represents starting on April 15, 2011.  Players will receive 1/6 of the […]

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Oklahoma and Georgia Notify Agents Of State Laws And University Policies

At the end of last week, the Executive Director of Compliance at the University of Oklahoma and the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at the University of Georgia sent out separate emails to formerly NFLPA Certified Contract Advisors, who are no longer certified for the sole reason that the NFLPA does not currently exist as […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/25/2011)

I am at Florida International Law School today speaking at the school’s first Sports Law Symposium.  Later today, I will be boarding a cruise to the Bahamas for a much needed weekend of relaxation.  Don’t be surprised if the posting at the beginning of next week is a little on the light side. Anyone headed […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/18/2011)

Barak Netanya wishes you a Happy Purim.  I am up in Atlanta, Georgia for the day, speaking to the student body at Emory University.  I absolutely love this time of the year.  I do not think there is a sport event as engaging as the NCAA Tournament.  And the icing on the cake is that […]

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Football Agents Might Be Grandfathered Into New NFLPA

I do not buy into the notion that the football agent profession is going to go from “dirty to sewage” based on the decertification of the NFLPA.  However, there is no denying that anyone can hold himself out as a football agent now, since there is no longer a body in charge of licensing sports […]

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The NFLPA Has Discontinued Its Agent Regulation System

NFL Certified Contract Advisors – you no longer exist.  The union that certified you technically no longer exists.  In its place is a trade association.  You are now in competition with everyone else who wishes to call himself a football agent.

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/4/2011)

This Shabbat Shalom Friday Wrap-Up must start off with a special shout out to Dynasty Baseball Agent, Bryan Swalley.  We kept it quiet for quite a while, but Dynasty signed former Major League Baseball pitcher Randy Keisler months ago.  Ever since signing Keisler, Swalley has been advocating like crazy on behalf of Keisler.  Yesterday, Keisler […]