I was supposed to be in New York today and speaking at the 4th Annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium, but Hurricane Sandy has made that impossible. It is my understanding that the organizers will work hard to reschedule the event, which had an all-star cast of panelists and very interesting topics that […]
Month: November 2012
Stephen Curry has signed a 4-year, $44 million extension with the Golden State Warriors. If his agent takes a 4% commission on the total contract, that agent will receive $1.76 million. But who will be the agent that collects the commissions on the deal? The cause for confusion is that basketball agent Lance Young recently […]
What: The Mississippi Sports Law Review’s 2nd Annual Fall Symposium: The Impact of Concussion Lawsuits on the Future of Football When: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Where: Room 1078 of the University of Mississippi School of Law (Directions) Panelists Dean André Douglas Pond Cummings – Indiana Tech Law School Dr. Andrew Gregory – Vanderbilt University Dean Jeffrey A. Standen […]
On October 6, baseball pitcher Roman Colon elected to become a free agent. Twenty-three days later, the Dominican-born professional baseball player filed a lawsuit against his former sports agent John David (J.D.) Smart and Smart’s former employer, Hendricks Sports Management, LP. Colon says that the agent and agency should pay for failing to inform him […]