London Fletcher’s change of agents is a power move. Per a report on SportsBusiness Journal, the linebacker for the Washington Redskins left the mighty Drew Rosenhaus of Rosenhaus Sports Representation for Creative Artists Agency (CAA). While many On To The Next One posts are about a client switching from one agent to Rosenhaus, Fletcher took the opposite path, leaving Rosenhaus […]
File this one under the “a week late” column. Exactly a week ago, Jason La Canfora of NFL.com tweeted that Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas changed representation and signed with Todd France. Douglas was formerly represented by David Rich of Rich Sports Management. I will say that I like the fact that Rich lists the states he […]
We have been doing Miami Heat season previews every year for the past four years. While it is uncertain as to whether or not there will even be a 2011/12 NBA season, Bryan Saul took the time to prepare a preview…just in case. Team Name: Miami Heat Last Year’s Record: 58-24 Key Free Agents: Restricted: Mario Chalmers […]
A lot of uncertainty came with the introduction of the new Australian Football League (AFL) franchise Greater Western Sydney (GWS). As seen in the previous season with the Gold Coast Suns, players were able to be ‘poached’ from other clubs with the clubs who lost players receiving one or two compensation picks. The news of […]
Instead of just talking about the agents in control of collective bargaining negotiations for NBA players, why don’t we hear directly from one of the main power brokers himself? Sam Amick of SI.com helps us out by interviewing Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports & Entertainment. As Amick notes, Bartelstein is well respected (even by his peers) […]
With a full slate of NFL and NCAA football, it is easy to forget that any other sports exist. However, the NBA is coming off of a fantastic season with its highest NBA Finals television ratings since 2004 (and I contend that there were much less competing TV options six years prior). Yet, as each […]
Congratulations to Jared Karnes and the rest of the team at Allegiant Athletic Agency (a3) on the signing of Ramon Sessions as a client with regards to the negotiation of team contracts and marketing opportunities. Sessions was previously represented by Atlanta-based agent James Wells. Under Sessions’ current contract, he is scheduled to make $4.26 million in 2011/12 and […]
It has been a very eventful past couple of weeks for me. Quite a bit of stuff is still pending; some I wish to keep confidential and other information I feel free to share. I have accepted a new legal job, which will start in about a week and a half. I have had an […]
Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management has represented some of the best players in basketball. At one point in time, he represented Rodney Stuckey, LeBron James, Al Horford, and Dwight Howard. They all currently have different agents representing them. Now add Jamal Crawford to that list. Jamal Crawford has terminated his relationship with Goodwin Sports Management in an offseason […]
The following is a guest contribution from Heather Brittany (@HeatherBrit). Heather is currently a law student at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Sports Chair of its Entertainment & Sports Law Society. The pay-for-play argument has long surrounded the world of college athletics. It is no secret that athletic programs (specifically football and basketball teams) […]