Greetings from Valparaiso Law School, where I will be speaking on a couple of panels with great friends in the Sports Law community. On tap for today is a discussion on breaking in to the Sports Law industry and a general debate with my buddy Marc Edelman on the world of fantasy sports. Speaking of […]
Similar to a post regarding Scott Boras and The New York Mets disagreeing about pitcher Matt Harvey’s innings limit, Boras is now at odds with the Miami Marlins regarding two of his clients – pitcher Jose Fernandez and outfielder Marcell Ozuna. According to an article on Yahoo! Sports by Steven Wine, the Marlins said that they […]
Not even Josep Maria Orobitg, the man closest to Pep Guardiola in career matters knows what’s next for the most sought after coach. With his contract set to expire in June with German powerhouse Bayern Munich, much speculation has begun to flood the soccer world over what is next for the 44 year-old. “Not even […]
Per a press release by the company, Octagon has hired a Digital Strategist, Meredith Kinsman, and a Creative Planning Director, Patrick Naranjo, to the agency. Both Kinsman and Naranjo will be based in the Norwalk, CT headquarters. In her role as Digital Strategist, Kinsman brings her expertise in user experience, product strategy, digital analytics, social […]
The following is the first contribution from new contributor Donovan Phillips. He graduated with a B.A in Economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is currently living in Berlin and working for a sports agency that represents basketball players. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bucks forward Jabari Parker has confirmed that he is […]
According to an article by Eben Novy-Williams of BloombergBusiness, the NFL plans to refund taxpayer dollars paid to teams for military tributes. The Department of Defense has spent more than $10 million on sports sponsorship in the past five years for box seats, advertising, on-site recruiting, and perhaps most controversial, tributes for soldiers. This has […]
Families of young soccer players in Africa are falling victim to false agents promising their sons careers with professional soccer clubs in Europe. Families are going to extent of selling their houses and using their life savings to pay the agents for “visa and travel expenses” upfront in exchange for promises of rich contracts with […]
Per a Tweet by Ken Rosenthal, Colorado Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado is leaving The Boras Corporation and joining Wasserman Media Group. Arenado is coming off an All-Star season in 2015, in which he batted .287/.337/.575 with an NL-best 42 homers and an MLB-best 130 RBI. This comes in addition to his Gold Glove-caliber defense, for […]
There is a belief that many football agents use other individuals (oftentimes referred to as “runners”) to assist them in the recruitment of potential NFL player clientele. In fact, the NFL Players Association has recognized same as being an issue and in 2012 amended its regulations to prohibit certified Contract Advisors from using, associating with, […]
According to the New York Times, sports agent Andrey Baranov sent an email in the spring to New York Road Runners, asking the group to accept five of his female Eastern European runners into the professional field of this year’s New York City Marathon, he was confident that at least one of them would receive an invitation. […]