This is my first coaching contract negotiation piece, ever. Upon researching my topic, I realized that the numbers in coaching contracts get very confusing. So, while listing the different incentives in Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton‘s new contract, I figured I’d explain them a little more in depth: Hamilton will receive a base salary […]
School is about to start back up across the nation, which means that many law schools will start to announce their Sports Law Symposiums for the Fall and Spring semesters. Yesterday, I received an email about Marquette University’s 2009 Conference. Marquette is home of the National Sports Law Institute, one of, if not the, most […]
We are happy to announce the signing of our seventeenth MLB affiliated player, and to develop a strong relationship with a new team that we have not dealt with in the past. Just yesterday, Dynasty came to an agreement with Mike Bohana, a player we first started recruiting immediately following the 2008 MLB Draft. Michael […]
Olympic training camps recently began for many hockey-playing nations. However, the chatter surrounding these camps kicked into high-gear a few weeks ago, via Twitter no less. Allan Walsh, a player agent who represents Martin Havlat among others, reported through his account that any player who was injured while participating in an Olympic training camp would […]
Guest contribution by Andrew Delaney, Director of Operations at the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Vered Yakovee is a dynamic individual. She is well-connected and well-versed in the sports and entertainment law fields. She teaches Sports Law at USC Gould School of Law, practices all aspects of sports law and insurance coverage law, and […]
The Real Athlete Blog, a division of Access Athletes, is launching the Ask The Expert series in conjunction with SportsAgentBlog.com (the leading resource for sports agent news) for the purpose of educating athletes. The series will feature qualified sports professionals who will field questions from both the readers of The Real Athlete Blog and SportsAgentBlog.com. […]
The 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium is roughly only 5 months away, and there already is a lot of buzz about the future event amongst sports business and sports law professionals. We have already secured a plethora of amazing panelists, moderators, and our keynote speaker; names will be announced within the next few weeks. As […]
Since late last month, I have been doing some contributing over at a new website: Sports Networker. The site is the brainchild of Lewis Howes, a sports social media marketing and branding specialist. He brought together some of the brightest minds who are heavily involved in sports and social media to cover a variety of […]
In the midst of a recession, the international demand for European soccer is at its highest. Specifically, England’s Premier League sent each one of the clubs abroad for a tour this summer. One example is Chelsea FC, a powerful English club, which played several friendly matches in the USA earlier this summer and pocketed $3.3 […]
For anyone interested in watching my interview on CNN.com yesterday concerning Michael Vick’s re-instatement, here ya go: