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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (9/5/2014)

Happy NFL regular season.  Fantasy football is in full swing, and with my father texting me to ask whether it is safe for him to deposit money into DraftKings, I am now positive that daily fantasy sports is here to stay.  I will be in attendance at the Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots game […]

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Interview With The Agent: Micky Lawler

The following article is a guest contribution from Natalie Mikolich.  Natalie is the Founder of NPM | PR, where she focuses as a sports publicist. As one of the first female agents breaking ground in athlete representation over 27-years-ago, Micky Lawler has served as the head of Octagon’s worldwide Tennis Division since 1988. Now the […]

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The Unappealable BAT Arbitration Award And Its Effectiveness Under FIBA

The following is a guest contribution from Charles Bennett J.D. Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (“BAT”) awards are essentially unappealable. That, along with the Arbitrator’s ex aequo et bono power, which is already a very subjective standard based on the Arbitrator’s determination of fairness for the parties, has created an almost uninhibited decisional power for the arbitrator. […]

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Interview With The Agent: Gideon Cohen

The following interview was conducted by Matt Tympanick. The subject of the interview is Gideon Cohen, Vice President-Sports Broadcasting at IF Management. In his role as Vice President-Sports Broadcasting, Mr. Cohen oversees all areas of IF’s Sports Division, including current and retired athletes, coaches and on-air sports personalities.  From 2000-2003, Gideon served as IF’s Director […]

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Interview With The Agent: Michael Jennings

Michael Jennings is currently the President of Football at Spire Sports Group, LLC (Spiresportsgroup.com), a metro-Detroit headquartered firm that handles CFL playing contracts as well as marketing initiatives for NFL clients. Jennings is a CFLPA Certified Advisor with over 15 years of experience in management and negotiation and he is a University of Michigan class […]