This past Friday, I was able to attend Princeton’s Sports Symposium. Some of the largest and most successful companies in the sports industry were in attendance. They included IMG, BDA, CAA, Blue Equity, Octagon and Momentum Worldwide. The individuals on the sports management panel all expressed opinions and advice on how to go about breaking […]
Year: 2007
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Model Rule 1.5 – Fees
Today is my Professional Responsibility and Ethics Final Exam. In its honor, I bring you a post on the topic: Sports agents often find themselves to be the topic of conversation whenever the media harps on a big contract negotiation. This is rightfully so; agents are the men and women behind the scenes that get […]
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The Wash Up 3rd-10th December
The Wash Up from last week… – Good news for Duck’s fans (including myself): Scott Niedermeyer is coming back. After a month off to weigh up his future, the former MVP will return to the ice. However, not everyone is going share in the spoils. With Scotts return, it creates problems for their salary cap. […]
After a little bit of convincing, Matt has persuaded me to make a public post about Dynasty Athlete Representation’s new internship program. You may have noticed that there is no Dynasty internship information listed on the Internships page or on Dynasty’s website. My original intention was to keep it private and make a decision on […]
You knew Scott Boras wouldn’t stay down for long. His declining media status was killing his insides. So what does he do? Boras Corp signs one of the hottest young players in the MLB, who just helped his team win a World Series Championship. At the end of last week, Jacoby Ellsbury dropped agent Joe […]
If your baseball client wins the MVP, Cy Young, or Rookie of the Year award, he better be content with getting a piece of hardware to hang up on the wall, because MLB will no longer allow a team to compensate him with cold cash. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America recently passed a new […]
Baltimore, Md. – Dec. 9, 2007, Mike DeVaney came back from what looked like an insurmountable deficit after only two frames to win the four-bowler shootout, which kicked off the final round of the Lumber Liquidators Championship at AMF Country Club Lanes. DeVaney went on to beat 4th seed, Rhino Page, easily and 3rd seed, […]
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The Primary Cut…Q School wrap-up
Eighth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. Q School’s Over Tour veteran Frank Lickliter II opened the six-day grindfest with consecutive 62’s and never looked back, completing a wire-to-wire victory at Orange County National in Winter Garden, FL […]
Special Announcement: From this point forward, SportsAgentBlog.com will be overhauling the Nightmare Clients of the Week column. The column will no longer be a weekly column that recaps the previous week’s player blunders and mishaps. The new Nightmare Client/Agent column will be a recurring column that will focus on specific instances of player or agent […]
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Review of AnyLawsuits.com
Sponsored Post: Lawsuits suck…unless you are the Plaintiff in a civil matter and win your case. Lawsuits can especially be a very unfriendly burden on a professional athlete, taking his/her mind off of that one thing he/she should be worried about: excelling on the field of play. The fine people at AnyLawsuits.com want to make […]