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The Wash Up

The Wash Up 8-14th October 2007

– Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboy Quarterback is poised for some big marketing deals in the future [The selling of Romo]. His jersey is now the 9th highest selling NFL Jersey, and he is building his brand exposure by being seen around town with celebrities. – Some moving and shaking on the smaller scale with […]

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Sports Agents Sports Law

99 Problems…Is The NFLPA One?

Jeffrey Standen, also known as The Sports Law Professor, strongly believes that the cause of NFLPA agent problems (he gives examples of Carl Poston and Tank Blank) stems from the players association itself. As always, I encourage you to check out the article in its entirety, but if you are too lazy or crunched for […]

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Nightmare Clients of the Week

Nightmare Clients for the Week of October 7th-October 15th

1. Philadelphia forward Jesse Boulerice was suspended 25 games by the NHL on Friday for striking Vancouver‘s Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, the longest single-season ban in league history. The suspension was handed down by NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell after a hearing in Toronto. “This was more than a careless and reckless […]

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Sports Agents

Sports Agents Should Go Green

The Philadelphia Eagles are off to a slow start in the 2007, but have been on a fast pace to become the most environmentally friendly professional sports team. The fact that the Eagles care about the environment may not directly translate to dollars in the bank, but the team’s owners may realize that life is […]

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The Mitchell Report

Okay, so by now you’ve probably heard and read the story relating to Senator George Mitchell’s investigation into Major League Baseball’s steroid and human growth hormone (HGH) scandal, which started some 18 months ago. To reiterate, there was a league-wide conference call mid-day Friday, whereby League and team officials alike learned that the forthcoming Mitchell […]

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Sports Agents

Insight From A South African Sports Agent

Less than a week ago, The Times (a South African paper) published a question/answer article between its readers and Craig Livingstone, an influential sports agent in the region [Leading SA sports agent Craig Livingstone answers your questions]. I encourage you to take a look at the fairly short article in its entirety. It will allow […]

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Corporate Sponsors Endorsements NFL Teams

Undressing An Endorsement Opportunity

The Cleveland Indians recently struck a deal with IMG to find a sponsor to claim the naming rights for Jacobs Field. CAA has been employed by the New York Yankees to procure sponsors for their future new stadium [CAA: Creative Acquisition Agency]. If the Minnesota Vikings ever decided to drop their stadium’s name, which falls […]

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Dad’s Corner: The Odds Breaker

While beginning to write this post, I am at half time in the weirdest college game I have seen in a long time: Fla St and Wake Forrest. If the second half end up being as weird as the first half, OH MY. All you Fl. fans nothing to be ashamed of, though, it has […]

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Major Update!

You must notice the changes.  Hopefully they look normal on your computer. I have added a left hand column that includes an easy to use search box, where you can search this site for any key words and also search right into Google by clicking the “Web” box. In addition, the recent posts and recent […]

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Give it up, Reggie

It was April 15th when I last blogged on the Reggie Bush fiasco (see Yahoo! timeline) and wrote that “Bush may be able to evade tacklers, but the increasingly intricate web cast by the growing group of arguably unsavory characters with whom he’s aligned himself may prove tougher.” At the time, Bush had just settled […]