Earlier this week SportsPro released its list of the World’s Top 50 Most Marketable Athletes. The list was created based on an athlete’s marketability over the next three years, using parameters including age, value for money and crossover appeal. Brazilian soccer player Neymar topped the list. It’s not only the athletes who can lay claim […]
What: The Sports Lawyers Association annual conference is a meet-up for many Sports Law practitioners around the world. When: May 16-18, 2013. Opening Remarks will be made at 12:25 p.m. on May 16. The last panel of the event will be on Breaking into the Sports Law Industry, which begins at 1:45 p.m. on May 18. Where: Intercontinental […]
David Falk and Georgetown. The two go hand-in-hand. That is why it should not be a surprise that the long-time successful basketball agent has become the agent of record for former Georgetown forward Otto Porter. Porter was a consensus first team All-American and earned Big Easy Player of the Year in 2013. Among his current […]
Over a month ago, I had heard that Michigan guard Trey Burke would be leaving school early and entering the NBA Draft. That happened. But I had also been told that Burke narrowed his potential NBA representation down to 5 names: Jeff Schwartz, Arn Tellem, Henry Thomas, Bill Duffy and Alonzo Shavers. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/DarrenHeitner/status/319849471636811776″] The inclusion […]
Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday to all the moms who read and enjoy Sports Agent Blog. After a very tough Game 1, my Miami Heat came back to destroy the Chicago Bulls in Game 2 of the East Semis. I absolutely love this time of year when NBA Playoffs basketball really heats up. On Forbes […]
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. Ever since the advent of basketball in the late 1890s, the ball-shooting game has continued to gather more popularity and earn more fans across the […]
The following interview is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq. Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. NFLPA Contract Advisor David Mulugheta had a breakout year in the 2013 NFL Draft. This University of Nebraska law graduate had four of his clients […]
Last Friday I had the honor of moderating a panel at the 2013 ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries in Miami Beach, Florida. The topic of my panel was the legal and business issues under various collective bargaining agreements. For those in attendance, I hope that you enjoyed. As I was making preparations […]
Last week it was reported that former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith dropped his agents at Select Sports Group after being selected by the New York Jets. It was not his disappointment with the team that drafted him; it was how far he fell in the Draft. Anyhow, Smith has waited the five days necessary […]
The following guest post is by Travis Bell, an NBPA and CFLPA certified Contract Advisor and owner of The Seven Bridges Group based in Newport Beach, CA. While perusing my LinkedIn account the other day, I came across an interesting question posed by one of my connections. The question was whether or not the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) […]