What: Bloomberg Sports Business Summit When: September 6, 2012 Where: Bryant Park Grill (25 West 40th Street, New York) On behalf of Bloomberg, Sports Agent Blog is pleased to share an invitation for you to attend the Bloomberg Sports Business Summit on September 6, 2012 in New York at a special discounted rate. The Bloomberg Sports Business […]
Daniel Kaplan from Sports Business Journal has reported that Wimbledon finalist Andy Murray is shopping around for a new agent. He is currently represented by Simon Fuller at XIX Entertainment, which is an arm of CAA Sports. Fuller also represents David Beckham and Lewis Hamilton. No reason has been given for the decision, though it […]
You are going to have to wait until at least Winter 2014 to read Leigh Steinberg’s anticipated memoir, but you do not have to wait that long to watch and listen to him discuss his life as a sports agent. Lucas Biebelberg, a Marketing Intern at 16W Marketing, LLC, recently interviewed Steinberg, asking him about his path […]
It seems as though former basketball agent Jason Levien has already lived a full life. In 2008, Jason Levien, owner of a company named Levien Sports Representation, left his basketball agency behind to become General Counsel/Assistant General Manager of the Sacramento Kings and was later promoted to Senior Vice President prior to resigning in 2010. Then, Levien became part owner […]
The following interview was conducted by Matthew Hochberg. The subject of the interview was Michael Lelchitski of Sports International Group, INC. (SIG). You can follow him on Twitter (@mike_sig). Matthew Hochberg: What made you want to become a sports agent? Michael Lelchitski: I grew up in a basketball gym- always hanging around and associating with […]
I hope everyone enjoyed their Fourth of July celebrations. I am moving to a new apartment next week, leaving downtown Miami (across from the American Airlines Arena) and getting a spot in Brickell, near my office. Here are a couple of articles I published for Forbes.com this week: 1) NFL Concussion Litigation Sideshow: The Battle […]
The University of Washington compliance office has informed NFLPA Contract Advisors that the university has a new Agent Policy in place regarding student-athlete interaction with agents, financial advisors, or “anyone recruiting” UW student-athletes. The scope of the class is larger than the class in the recently established Agent Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel […]
The NCAA has banned four AAU teams [New England Playaz (17U and 16U), Worldwide Renegades (17U, 16U and 15U), Florida Rams (17U and 16U) and SEBL Elite All-stars] from playing in NCAA-certified summer basketball events. The ban is a result of an NCAA finding that those teams had ties with basketball agent Andy Miller of ASM Sports. Specifically, […]
No goalie, in the history of the NHL, has won as many hockey games as goalie Martin Brodeur. The 40-year-old goalie has played in the NHL for half of his life (a total of 20 years) and recently signed a deal that will allow him to play at least 2 more seasons in the league […]
Casey Wasserman, Chairman and CEO of Wasserman Media Group has announced that Arn Tellem will become Vice Chairman of the company and basketball agents BJ Armstrong and Thad Foucher are promoted to Executive Vice Presidents of Basketball. Together, Armstrong and Foucher will lead the group that manages the careers of over seventy-five professional basketball players around the globe. […]