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Team8 Global, Tommy Paul Agree to Terms

Junior tennis star, Tommy Paul, has signed with Team8 Global, as reported by ESPN’s Darren Rovell on Twitter. Team8 Global is a Cleveland-based, boutique sports management firm, whose 2013 creation was spearheaded by tennis icon, Roger Federer, and his agent, Tony Godsick, shortly after the two left IMG in 2012. As a junior, Paul went […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (8/29/2014)

Shabbat Shalom! and happy long Labor Day weekend to you and yours.  I am off to Dallas tomorrow to celebrate the wedding of one of my fraternity brothers (Go Gators!).  College football is here and the NFL regular season is right around the corner.  This may be the most magical time of the year.  This […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (12/20/2013)

Time to start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions.  It was eight years ago when I made it my resolution to create Sports Agent Blog, and here it still stands today, stronger than ever.  I must give thanks to the many excellent contributors over the years and a special thank you to those currently on board — […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (12/13/2013)

On Wednesday night my law firm (Wolfe Law Miami, P.A.) hosted its annual Holiday Party and this weekend we will be celebrating a great year down in Key Largo with all of our attorneys and support staff.  It really has been a fun year practicing law and assisting our clients who we love tremendously.  Some […]

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Roger Federer Officially Launches His Agency

Last year it was reported that Roger Federer had left IMG to setup his own representation firm, taking his agent Tony Godsick with him. ‘Team8’ has now officially launched, with the headquarters of the agency to be in Cleveland, Ohio – the same city in which IMG is based. The company has already started making […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (8/30/2013)

The concussion litigation against the NFL is not over quite yet, but at least the NFL and former NFL players have agreed to initial terms for a settlement agreement, which must still be approved by Judge Brody in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Between that and the start of college football, it was quite the […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (7/12/2013)

Slow week of sports, but thank G-d for NBA TV, because watching the Summer League was actually slightly entertaining.  One of my cases got quite a bit of publicity this week — click here for a brief synopsis.  On FORBES: (1) Is Competitive Eating The Fastest Growing Sport In The World?; (2) Dwight Howard To Houston Heavily […]

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On To The Next One: Rory McIlroy (Part II)

Two months ago, Bloomberg and Businessweek named Rory McIlroy the fourteenth most powerful athlete in the world based on his statistics, the popularity and viewing audience of the sport of golf, McIlroy’s endorsement earnings, and his reach on social media (@McIlroyRory currently has over 1.6 million followers on Twitter).  McIlroy was represented by Conor Ridge of Horizon […]

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The Players And Agents In Bloomberg’s Power 100

Every year, Businessweek produces the Power 100, a compilation that ranks the world’s best-performing athletes based on statistics, the popularity and viewing audience of their sports, endorsement earnings, and their reach on social media.  The rankings are curated by CSE and Horrow Sports Ventures, which use E-Poll Market Research and Nielsen/E-Poll N-Score data to determine the list. […]

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The Most Valuable Athlete Brands And Their Representation

Yesterday, Forbes released its Fab 40: The Most Valuable Brands In Sports.  One of four sections focuses on athlete brands, which looks at the amount in endorsements that athletes in all sports receive and subtracts the average endorsement income of the top 10 athletes in their respective sports to come up with a final figure.  The […]