Heading into this summer, General Manager Ken Holland and the rest of the Detroit Red Wings’ brain trust knew that it would be difficult to keep last year’s team together. After signing Henrik Zetterberg and Johan Franzen to long term contracts during the season, the Wings were perilously close to the salary cap. They had […]
Month: July 2009
This week, I had my overnight orientation for Temple U so I was kind of disconnected from the sports world a bit. When Darren tweeted me about the Anderson Varejao story, I was shocked! I did not think in a million years that Varejao would get a 6-year, $50 million contract; especially with Shaq incoming. […]
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A New York state court has denied a defendant law firm’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by one of its attorneys, whose contract was not renewed when he tried and failed to establish a sports agent business on behalf of the defendant law firm. The court found specifically that while the defendants have established […]
I love it when companies send me their product to review on this site. I REALLY like it when it is tequila. 1800® Select Silver just sent me a complimentary bottle with no strings attached. They had their PR guy email me asking if I wanted the bottle, and also included some details on a […]
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A Taxing Discussion
Admittedly, I am not an expert on tax issues, for that, you may have to visit a site similar to Good Service Tax (https://www.goodservicetax.com/) or a law firm that specializes in tax matters. My specialty in high school was math (perfect score on the SAT), but I ended up majoring in Political Science and have […]
Noah Coslov of MLB.com recently spoke with Pete Parise while Pete was in New Orleans on a roadtrip with the AAA Memphis Redbirds. Pete is only a call-up away from the majors, which is amazing to think about after reading how he got to where he is today. Coslov looks into Pete’s past in his […]
One thing that I have learned since starting this blog and reading quite a bit of material on the sports agent profession, is that nine times out of ten, a sports agent should not be in charge of handling his clients’ money. In fact, maybe a sports agent should never personally handle client income. I […]
Sometimes I joke around with our agents and refer to Dynasty as “Pitcher U”. Most of our baseball clients happen to be pitchers. The good thing is that they are super at their trade. Last night, three of our pitchers took the mound and had influential appearances for their respective teams. Become a fan of […]
Contractual negotiations are not all about the final number published by columnists on Yahoo! Sports and ESPN. In fact, athletes often sign with teams that do not make the largest offer. For some players, though, an extra million means a lot and they will do whatever it takes to get that extra coin, even if […]