How do you know a Compliance Office really takes pride in its agent policy? It begins its announcement of its new policy with: **NEW** Brigham Young University (BYU) sent an email out last week to all NFLPA certified Contract Advisors to notify them of changes to the university’s Football Agent Policy. The email included the revised […]
I hope everybody had a lovely Valentine’s Day. I am looking forward to head up to New York next week to speak at the 4th Annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium. Slight change: I will be speaking on the Concussion Litigation panel as opposed to the Negotiating Media Rights Acquisitions Panel. I will […]
The following guest contribution was written by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). Richard is a student at CUNY-College of Staten Island and Assistant to the Director of Artist Management at Wilhelmina Models. He stayed in red, but for a different organization. At the end of the 2011 season, Albert Pujols signed a back-loaded 10-year/$240MM deal with the […]
What: SMWW Career Conference When: February 22-23, 2013 Where: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana Schedule FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 7pm-9:30pm Welcome Reception – private party at the Indianapolis Colts Grille. Network with NFL Executives in the heart of the action of the NFL Combine. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 8:30am Q and A with NFL Godfather John Wooten, former NFL Executive […]
What: Pepperdine Law Review Symposium: The New Normal in College Sports – Realigned and Reckoning When: Friday, April 5, 2013 (8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California 7:45-8:30am Check-In & Continental Breakfast 8:30-8:45am Introductions and Welcome:Margot Parmenter, Editor-in-Chief, Law ReviewDeanell Tacha, Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law 8:45-10:45am Panel One: Institutional […]
When I wrote that JT Johnson of Atlas Sports Agency is 2013’s Football Agent to Watch, the recently certified NFLPA Contract Advisor had picked up Tennessee wide receiver Justin Hunter as a client. Additionally, California wide receiver Keenan Allen and California quarterback Zach Maynard had committed to Johnson and his agency. While the latter two players […]
NASCAR’s only father/daughter/son racing family, Mike, Chrissy and Matt Wallace (“Wallace Family Racing”) has selected Raleigh-based French/West/Vaughan (FWV) as the entire family’s new marketing, public relations, sponsorship and endorsement agency of record. FWV will work with the Wallaces to promote and brand the family and assist in acquiring corporate racing sponsorships with family-friendly companies. This marks the first […]
First, I have to thank the Miami Heat for scheduling a great slate of games on my birthday weekend. Between a game against the Clippers tonight, my birthday tomorrow, and the Lakers vs. Heat on Sunday, this is sure to be a fun filled number of days. Articles this past week on Forbes.com include: (1) Value […]
The following interview was conducted by Matthew Hochberg. The subject of the interview is Andre Pacheco, Founder/CEO of Nexus Sports Group. Matthew Hochberg: How did you originally get into the sports agent industry? Andre Pacheco: Originally, I was a college soccer player at Hartpury College. I went back to Bermuda, where I was born and […]
Sports Agent Blog contributor Amanda Grant was in New Orleans, Louisiana during Super Bowl week, attending many events and parties on behalf of this website. One of the parties that she attended was the Sports Tradex Launch Party. Hosting the event was Leigh Steinberg and founder of Sports Tradex Ben Lipson who were gracious enough […]