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Santa Clara 2010 Sports Law Symposium

The college Summer Vacations are coming to a close, which means that sports and entertainment law students are actively preparing for their upcoming 2010/2011 Sports/Entertainment Law Symposiums.  This week, I received my 1st “Save the Date” email.  The information is below. What: Santa Clara Law 2010 Sports Law Symposium When: September 16, 2010 (9 a.m. […]

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Is a Sport(s) Management Degree worth it?

After reading several articles about young people, especially college grads, attempting to break into the sports or entertainment industry, I have come to the conclusion that it may be more beneficial to pursue a degree in anything but Sport. In addition, through a conversation with a notable Athletic Director, I posed the question: Where are […]

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2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Before I go into the details of this event, please realize that it is completely sold out.  They do have a waiting list, which you can place your name onto, if you are so interested.  The only option on the waiting list is to register as a non-student for $200 (again, only if you are […]

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Sports Business

So You Want to Work In Sports?

My name is Zachary Lipari, and this is my first post on SportsAgentBlog.com. So you want to work in sports?  You’ve put in the days, the months, and the years into getting yourself ready to be a productive member of the sports industry.  You have recently graduated college, maybe even with an industry specific degree […]

A Specialty In Sports PR?

I received an interesting question via email yesterday from Katia (Athens, Greece).  She is in her fifth year at the American College of Greece, studying Communications, with an emphasis on PR (Public Relations) & Advertising. I was not sure of the answer to her question, but figured that some of you may be able to […]

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Sports Business

My 5 Question Interview With ProVentures

ProVentures describes itself as a Sports and Entertainment Marketing Intermediary based in McLean, VA that utilizes extensive contacts, experience and insider knowledge to help clients build brand equity.  I can’t argue with that.  From my limited experience dealing with the company and its excellent managers and employees, ProVentures seems to be on the up-and-up, and […]

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What’s Needed To Break In? Internship? Law School? MBA?

Writing a blog (that is fairly popular) opens you up to many new people that you would never have had the chance to encounter had you never decided to download WordPress (or some other blog publishing program).  I like to think that my company, Dynasty Athlete Representation, has a strong reputation in a limited time […]

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Sports Law

Fordham Sports Law Symposium

What: Fordham Law’s 13th Annual Symposium on Current Legal Issues in Sports Where: James B.M. McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham Law School. 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY. When: Friday, April 17, 2009 Program Agenda 9:00 AM- Welcome and Opening Remarks Opening Remarks by Tanner Rouse Co-Editor, Fordham Sports Law Symposium 9:30 AM – Panel I […]

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Hockey Sports Law

2008 Sports Management Conference Wrap-up

It’s good to be back after a hiatus from writing for the site. The old saying goes that in law school they scare you to death in the first year, work you to death in the second year, and bore you to death in the third year. Consider me officially bored, but unfortunately that doesn’t […]

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Colleges Sports Business

Get Yourself A Sports Business Job

On May 25, I looked into job availability in the sports world and found that my previous beliefs had been contradicted; qualified candidates have more than enough opportunity to break into the business of sports.  My disclaimer, though, was important to read: just because there are a bunch of new sports business jobs being created […]