Using Tommy John’s surgery to strengthen your pitch even though you didn’t really tear your elbow ligament? You’re so old school! Okay…in all honesty, one would have to be crazy to go under the knife when it was not necessary, and apparently it’s the rehabilitation, not the actual surgery, that makes your pitch harder. Anyway, […]
Year: 2007
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Matt Sosnick is a 38-year-old sports agent who is a partner of the baseball agency, Sosnick and Cobbe Sports (www.sosnickcobbesports.com). Mr. Sosnick is what you would call a self-made sports agent. He entered this industry with little prior knowledge and has made a name for himself in the sports […]
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Judd-gement Day
Superstar. That is the only way to describe Chris Judd. By far the best player in the AFL at the moment, it is hard to believe this guy is only 23 with an award list as long as this. So why the sudden fuss? Well, at the end of this season his contract with the […]
Marketing agent Bill Henkel could be seeing some jail time. What do Adrian Peterson, Steve Smith, Derrick Johnson, and Lorenzo Booker all have in common? They all have Bill Henkel as their current marketing agent. In January of this year, IMG filed a temporary restraining order against Henkel after accusing him of trying to steal […]
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Links Tab SHOULD Be Working Again
I will make an effort to better categorize many of the sites over the next week. This is what my face looks like now after all of the aggrivation:
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In Case You Have Not Noticed..
Our internship database has been growing steadily as of late. Go click on the “Internships” tab on the top menu if you are interested in learning more about what some of the big sports agencies are offering in terms of internships. Since day 1 of writing this blog, I have stressed the importance of gaining […]
Just read the article that Jordan McNulty suggested [The Real Most Valuable Players]. Hat tip, sir!. Some comments: I have long been a big advocate of selling a player to a team for more than just the stats in the box scores. That may be hard to do right out of highschool/college, however, as players […]
1. Sebastian Telfair of the Boston Celtics figured that driving 77 mph in a 45 mph zone while carrying a loaded handgun was perfectly fine as long as you are in your hometown [Celtics guard Telfair arrested in NY on gun charge]. 2. Sean Hill of the New York Islanders was suspended 20 games for […]
All of the major sports news sources were covering the announcement of the 2007 Forbes Business of Baseball report a couple of days ago. Personally, I do not believe that the report is all that important for agents to dissect. The value of the Yankees is $1.2 billion, the Marlins had an operating income of […]
Friday afternoon I attended the 2007 Art, Entertainment & Sports Law Institute, prepared and hosted by the Minnesota CLE (Continuing Legal Education) and the Minnesota State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Art, Entertainment & Sports Law Section, in Minneapolis. (As a quick aside, most state bar associations have sections devoted to entertainment and sports law. There is […]