Twelfth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. Adams Golf Rescues Rory It didn’t take long for someone to scoop up Rory Sabbatini, the controversial South African, who was last seen tipping the valet at Sherwood Country Club as he […]
Shaheer McBride is getting a chance. He is an example of a Division I-AA football player who has an uphill battle, but has been given an opportunity to showcase his talents in front of scouts that have never witnessed him play. Shaheer broke many records as a Delaware State wide receiver and has been rewarded […]
SportsTechNow is a new site that discusses sports websites and blogs on a daily basis and promotes sports technology news. Its founder, asked if I would be interested in doing an interview about starting SportsAgentBlog.com. After using some water torture techniques, I acquiesced. Check out the interview. Joe (the writer of SportsTechNow) is pretty nice […]
Every year, the American Baseball Coaches Association holds a convention, which contains a Division I coaches meeting. BaseballAmerica covered the event and had a short piece of news concerning sports agents. For the first time, agents were a topic of discussion. The NCAA’s brand-new division of enforcement had Stephen Webb, associate director of amateurism certification, […]
For those of you wrapping up your Winter Breaks, I wish you a smooth start into your Spring Semesters/work hours. Today is my first day back to law school, and the fact that the temperature is in the 20s in Gainesville, FL does not make my desire to return to the classroom any stronger. Is […]
Forget wanting to be a sports agent. I want to be a kicker. You know, the guy who sits on the bench for the majority of football games counting his money as his team does all the real work. How talented do you have to be to hit kickoffs that go for touchbacks, kick game […]
To many, this college football season is one for the ages. With all of the upsets and a virtual smörgåsbord at the top of the rankings, it is hard to disagree with those people. However, what I saw two days ago from 2 of the 5 BCS Bowls made me sick. In both the Rose […]
The purpose of this article is to identify some of the positives and negatives that can arise from sponsorship in sport, and invite your own views of this sometimes contentious topic. Sponsors purchase the right to align their product(s) with sport through a variety of mediums such as events, venues, teams and individual sportsmen and […]
Apologies to those who are just a few weeks removed from their contract law final. Feel free to stop reading now. By now you probably know that West Virginia University’s Board of Governors is suing former football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset) in order to collect a $4 million buyout of his contract with the school. […]
New Years Day was probably the last day that I wanted to wake up early to do a radio interview, but I manned up and talked some college football with Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch and NFLPA agent/radio host Adam Taxin on 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Crouch and I had faith in Illinois, […]