Andy Lutzky of Pressrow.net (a web site/blog tracking the world of sports media) emailed yesterday to inform me that SportsAgentBlog.com has been selected for the final five sports websites to appear in the inaugural Press Row Access Awards, for August 2008. Voting for the “winner” among the five finalists started yesterday and will go on […]
Month: August 2008
News & Notes returns with a new contributing author. Danielle Buntyon, one of Dynasty‘s new Fall interns will be taking over the role of creating News & Notes. Here is her first post. PBA NEWS Down by 29 pins entering the final frame of the championship match, left-handers Patrick Allen and Rhino Page defeat Sweden’s […]
You do not have to be exceptionally strong in your sport to make some big time bucks through endorsement opportunities. Many believe that Anna Kournikova never deserved her mega deals and people are just coming around to accepting the fact that Danica Patrick may be legit (years after she first started raking in the dough […]
Today is my second day of class as a 2L (second year law student), and actually my most brutal day of the week (see link at bottom of this post). Everyone says that I have gotten over the hump. 1L year is supposed to be the “hazing period” and many say that it will only […]
A lot has happened since the publication of Dynasty Notes – Part 12. We introduced a new system of regularly issues News & Notes, which has seen a slight drop in posts due to the graduating of one intern class and initiation of a new one. The News & Notes column has kept readers up-to-date […]
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More NFL Games
With all the hype of the Brett Favre trade and NFL preseason games in full force, many of us are excited and can’t wait for the regular season to start. Some of you, like myself, may be thinking, why are there so many preseason games? We only get to see the starters for a quarter, […]
The AZL Padres are sporting an impressive record, and Robert Lara has a lot to do with it. I just purchased some new Under Armour batting gloves for Lara yesterday (he has busted through two pairs already this season). As long as he continues to tear up the ball, I have no problem supplying the […]
You put in a quarter, pull the handle, and hope for the best. You may end up with the jackpot, but odds are you are going to fall victim to the law of averages. Vegas-style slots are set up so that more often than not, you will walk away without that quarter or any additional […]
Here in the United States, agents are used to taking 4-5% on MLB contracts, 3% on NFL contracts, 4% on NBA contracts, 5% on NHL contracts, and 10% from the teams if their clients play basketball overseas. Endorsement takes usually are around 15-20%. Some athletes complain that the percentages handed off to agents for their […]
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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
The University of Florida is closed all because of this silly Tropical Storm Fay, yet my power has not gone out once, and I live in a house that is five thousand years old. Tomorrow night, my house will be hosting a Fall Welcome Back party. Sorry for those of you not in Gainesville. Dynasty […]