Roughly one month before the 2021 NFL Draft gets underway, Wasserman has solidified its group of 11 draft prospects, per a release from the company. The 11 prospects will be represented by Doug Hendrickson, Chafie Field, CJ Laboy, Mike Swenson, and Richard Irvin. RB Najee Harris, Alabama 2020 accolades include: Doak Walker winner (best RB […]
What: USC 2015 Institute On Entertainment Law And Business Where: USC University Park Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90015 When: October 17, 2015 Description Hosted by USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Institute on Entertainment Law and Business has been a Los Angeles tradition for over 50 years. Join dozens of […]
Quick trip to Los Angeles, but I’m back in Miami for the rest of the week. August 9 is my half-birthday. People celebrate that, right? At the end of next week I will be traveling to Detroit to moderate a NASCAR panel. I’ve never been to Detroit, so I’m looking forward to the trip. This […]
A little over a week ago, I noted that recruiting for the 2011 NBA Draft is heating up. As teams have been getting knocked out of the post-season tournaments, the players who perform for those teams have either declared their intention to enter the NBA Draft or commit to staying at least one more year […]
Drew Rosenhaus strikes again. Jurrell Casey is a Defensive Tackle from the University of Southern California. NFLDraftScout.com ranks him as the 10th best DT available in the 2011 Draft Class, and projects him as a 2-3 round pick. Mike Mayock sees Casey getting off the board as early as the end of the 1st round. […]
The latest regulatory trend concerns states pushing to “strengthen” their athlete agent laws. This push is probably based on increased media attention paid to student-athletes receiving money and other benefits from sports agents. The article that was likely read by every Sponsor of a piece of legislation to enhance athlete agents laws is Sports Illustrated’s […]
Last Tuesday, the University of Southern California hosted an “Agent Awareness, Education and Eligibility Summit.” The following officials were in attendance: Jimmy Sexton – Co-Founder, SportsTrust Advisors Tom Condon – Football Agent, CAA Rick Smith – Agent, Priority Sports Mark Levin – Director of Salary Cap and Agent Administration, NFLPA Ray Anderson – VP of […]
In a previous article I wrote, I focused on the topic of the NCAA as well as university athletic association Compliance Offices taking on a greater role with regard to athlete-agent regulation. There are laws which attempt to regulate activity, but why not have actual enforcement through a mandatory registration process much like the player […]
When I interviewed former NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor Teague Egan (who was still certified at the time of the interview), I asked Egan what his plan was for his company, 1st Round Sports, in the immediate future. His response was, Now that this all happened, I have to watch myself and stay within the rules […]
On November 22, 2010, I wrote about a University of Southern California student named Teague Egan. Egan, who is licensed by the NFL Players Association, was found to have given Dillon Baxter (a student-athlete at USC), a ride on his golf cart, which prominently displays the logo of his company (as seen at the bottom […]