Last Monday my phone rings and it’s the call I’ve been waiting to get…well, sort of. It’s Matt and I’d been anxious and excited to negotiate my first pro contract, which we were confident Louisiana would offer him. Instead of a contract offer, however, all Matt got was a “thanks but no thanks” phone call. […]
Month: October 2009
Andrew Moss was supposed to be sentenced on June 13. A little over four months later, he has received his punishment, which is much less than the maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Instead, he received a one-year-and-one-day sentence and must pay $40,000 to the man who originally wanted to sponsor […]
On August 25, I took a peek at a new NCAA proposal, first introduced to me by Anastasios “Tassos” Kaburakis, Ph.D., Attorney at Law and Assistant Professor of Sport Law and Sport Management/Director of Sport Management Graduate Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The proposal, with an anticipated adoption date of August 1, 2010, would […]
With the state of the economy today, organizations across the board are forced to come up with innovative promotions and marketing ideas to help generate revenue. The NBA is feeling the downturn like anyone else, and some teams are feeling it more than others. The New Jersey Nets are one team that is actively promoting […]
Driving down to South Florida today. I will be spending the weekend with my family before traveling back to Gainesville on Monday. En route to Gainesville, I’ll be stopping off at Barry University School of Law to give a guest speech to their student body. If you are in Orlando, come stop by. The discussion […]
Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus, is already causing commotion at the University of Central Florida. According to the AP, the Freshman has refused to wear the team’s Adidas brand shoes when he steps on the court this season. Marcus will only rock his fathers Nike Air Jordan shoes because “it holds special meaning to his family.” […]
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NBA: Northwest Division Previews
The Northwest Division is a little tougher to pick than the Central Division. The Nuggets showed their strength last season, but the Jazz always are in contention, and I like the Trail Blazers to make some noise as well. Thus, I’ll run with LaMarcus Aldridge’s picture up top, who just scored a 5-year, $65 million […]
I received an interesting question via email yesterday from Katia (Athens, Greece). She is in her fifth year at the American College of Greece, studying Communications, with an emphasis on PR (Public Relations) & Advertising. I was not sure of the answer to her question, but figured that some of you may be able to […]
Besides throwing up some links every so often to some of the best written NBA blogs on this planet for their immaculate NBA previews, I also have the lovely duty of putting together a preview for my hometown Miami Heat. No, this site is not a basketball-specific blog, but this is the third year that […]
Jay Cutler has agreed to a 2-year/$30 million contract extension with the Chicago Bears; this contract includes $20 million in guaranteed money. Cutler is scheduled to make about $50 million. The possibility of a lockout in 2011 made Cutler’s agent, Bus Cook, more eager to get his client some guaranteed cash. Cutler was drafted 11th […]