Yesterday ESPN.com’s Joe Schad broke a story that the NCAA is investigating the University of North Carolina football program regarding possible rules violations surrounding gifts/benefits received by players from sports agents. As I discuss in my paper, Duties of Sports Agents to Athletes and Statutory Regulations Thereof, SPARTA (the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act) binds […]
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Going Back To SPARTA Talk In 2003
I have to give a shout out to my man Joshua Golka, who found a treasure in C-SPAN’s archives. He dug up the House Session dated 6/4/2003, which dealt with the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act, also known as SPARTA. If you have read my paper titled, Duties of Sports Agents to Athletes and […]
I was recently published in Volume 7, Issue 3, Fall 2009 of the Dartmouth Law Journal. The title of the piece is, Duties of Sports Agents to Athletes and Statutory Regulation Thereof. I think that this will be a good read for anyone who is a regular visitor of this site. Abstract: The Sports Agent Responsibility […]
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Getting Creative With Compliance
NCAA schools have beefed up their compliance departments since the passage of SPARTA and the incorporation of the UAAA in many states. Athletic departments have a lot to lose if there is a violation of a student-athlete statute is found. Additionally, the NCAA has its own separate set of rules regarding compliance. Schools are on […]
The NCAA took notice of a recent popular post on this blog: Coaches Can Talk To Athletes On Twitter/FB. What About Agents? Not only was the post published, but I tried reaching out to the NCAA on Twitter to answer the question. A week and a half went by with absolutely no communication, and then […]
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Welcome Iowa!
The State of Iowa has become the 37th state to adopt the Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA) after its governor signed the Senate file, making it official law. Hopefully Nebraska follows suit and becomes the 38th state to adopt the uniform law which makes it easier for agents to register across multiple states and makes […]
Andrew Johnson absolutely killed it at his workout with the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints on hand. Dynasty is two-years-old today. Happy birthday to us. Become a fan of Dynasty on Facebook. Looking like we will have at least one client start in AA this year and a few at High A. Austin’s busy […]
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Nebraska Getting Closer and Closer
On Februrary 23, I mentioned that Nebraska may soon become the thirty-seventh state to adopt the Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA). On March 19, that theory got one step closer to becoming reality. Bill 292 advanced from first-round debate on a 40-0 vote. It is interesting to note that the Omaha World-Herald places blame on […]
Most of you are familiar with the hit HBO series Entourage. The show is based on the experiences of Mark Wahlberg as an up and coming movie star coming from Boston to Hollywood. Wahlberg is represented in the series by movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier). Wahlberg said that the idea for the show came […]