Today is the day that the NFL will officially release the names of the underclassmen who have entered the 2017 NFL Draft. Teams will make a tough decision as to whether those players should be selected over more tested individuals. Pro Days and the NFL Combine are coming and agents are busy preparing their new clients to put them in the best positions possible. Well, in today’s day and age, it is really about the agents paying for the expensive trainers located across the U.S. to get the players in tip-top shape for the aforesaid events, as well as All-Star type games like the Senior Bowl. It’s a tough industry where it is hard to compete without having resources ready to support recruits. Quick thanks to real money online casinos for keeping the lights on over here for another week.
This week on Forbes:
(1) This Week In Sports Law: Steelers Coach Arrested, Lane Johnson Lawsuit, NY Sports Betting;
(2) LA Gear Strikes LA Chargers In Trademark Dispute;
(3) Supreme Court Still Mulling Over Hearing New Jersey Sports Betting Case; and
(4) Roughly 100 Underclassmen Will Declare For 2017 NFL Draft
This week on Inc.:
(1) How a 30-Year-Old Became Head Coach of the LA Rams; and
(2) What Will Happen to Daily Fantasy Sports in 2017?
And as always, the weekly wrap-up:
Football
- VaynerSports scored Tennessee’s Alvin Kamara, Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Kentucky’s Jon Toth [Don’t Look Now, but VaynerSports is Shocking the Agency World].
- Tom Santanello says he talks to Bryant every day and that the wide receiver is great [Agent: Martavis Bryant “clean” and “on a mission”].
Basketball
- Matt Beyer referenced as the first and only licensed foreign sports agent in China [China’s uphill search for the next Stephon Marbury].
Soccer
- 26-year-old Renato Bittar represents various players from Paraguay, including AC Milan’s Gustavo Gomez [Interview: Renato Bittar, an agent full of youth, experience and hope for an entire nation].
Sports Business
- Contains roughly 14,000 VHS copies of the movie [‘JERRY MAGUIRE’ VIDEO STORE OPENS IN ECHO PARK].
Sports Law
- The judge must have found that convos between Hernandez and his agent were not protected attorney-client discussions [JUDGE REJECTS BID BY AARON HERNANDEZ TO SUPPRESS CELLPHONE].
