NCAA Football betting handicappers know that the Washington Huskies’ postseason hopes looked dead at the beginning of November. Now, the boys from Seattle will try to punch a ticket to a bowl on the first Saturday of December. The Washington Huskies were 3-6 a few weeks ago and headed toward an early conclusion to their season. […]
Month: December 2010
Section 3 of the United Football League’s (UFL) Uniform Player Contract states the following: Player acknowledges and agrees that he may only receive a Release pursuant to this subparagraph (b), upon payment of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) (the “Release Fee”), to be paid to Management by Player, the NFL, and NFL Club or any […]
Late last Friday, the NFL Players Association released an official announcement that Gary Wichard is hereby suspended from acting as an NFLPA Contract Advisor for nine months and that Teague Egan‘s NFLPA Certification was revoked. Wichard was suspended for having impermissible communication with UNC’s Marvin Austin prior to Austin being eligible for the NFL Draft. […]
With the NFL Players Association and the conglomerate of NFL owners in Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations this month, we have a window to discuss whether the expiration of the CBA will result in the loss of the 2011 season. My friends Bram A. Maravent and Jeffrey F. Levine, co-authored an article (click here) on […]
It was painful to be at Doak Campbell Stadium while the Florida Gators got destroyed by the Florida State Seminoles. And then we get beat by the University of Central Florida in basketball. It just is not the year for Gator sports. I went to my first Miami Heat game of the season this week. […]
Troy Tulowitzki reached the Majors before a year after being drafted by the Colorado Rockies. He was the seventh overall pick of the 2005 MLB First-Year Player Draft. In 2008, Tulo signed a six-year, $30 million contract with the Rockies. Tulo’s agent, Paul Cohen, knew that he was employing a safe and secure strategy, but […]
Now that you are all prepped for next week’s Rule 5 Draft, let’s discuss what recently transpired between arbitration eligible players and their teams. This year, 27 players were offered arbitration (4 more than last year), and only 2 players accepted (1 less than last year). Last year’s players to accept were Rafael Betancourt, Rafael Soriano, […]
The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” may never be more applicable than with the photo to the right. In one of the most awkward contract negotiations in recent baseball history, between Derek Jeter, agent Casey Close, and the New York Yankees, it is not clear yet which side will emerge victorious. What […]
On May 12 of this year, I reported that Shawne Merriman left Tom Condon of Creative Artists Agency’s (CAA) Football Division in favor of David Dunn of Athletes First. At the time, I made a point to mention that we do not normally hear about a football player leaving a mega agency like CAA. It […]
Next week, top level executives from every Major League organization will congregate in Orlando, Florida for the Rule 5 Draft, which traditionally occurs at the end of the Baseball Winter Meetings. This year’s Rule 5 Draft will go down on December 9. As a quick refresher, here are the basics of the Rule 5 Draft: […]