It was not easy for me to write and publish “My Jerry Maguire-esque Moment?“, but it felt damn good and I am so very appreciative of the comments on the post, the emails I have received, and the tweets sent in my direction in response. All of your support means a lot to me. I hope that I live up to all of your expectations. At the end of next week, I will be in New Orleans serving as an arbitrator at The 5th Annual National Baseball Arbitration Competition. Professor Gabe Feldman and his students put on a tremendous event, and I am always honored when I receive the invitation to participate. My birthday is next Thursday. Turning 27-years-young. Here are some stories I missed over the past week:
Baseball
- How Matt Sosnick and Paul Cobbe built a very influential baseball agency [Bay Area buddies find success with baseball agency].
- He dropped Creative Artists Agency last year [Zack Greinke still agentless, yet open to extension].
- Wait, he is human? [So, what to make of Scott Boras’ winter?].
Football
- The first executive M.B.A. for professional athletes [New Playbook for Post-Career Success].
- Uncle Luke isn’t happy with Rosenhaus getting rich off the African-American community [Superagent Drew Rosenhaus should give back to Miami’s black communities].
- JR Rickert – agent of Hakeem Nicks and high school principal [Sports agent’s work labor of love].
Hockey
- 6,400 words seems like an awful lot of type [Prominent NHL player agent gets in blog war…with blogger].
Sports Law
- Is it unconscionable or contrary to public policy? [Is the National Letter of Intent Legally Enforceable?]
2 replies on “Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (2/3/2011)”
You may not a be “sports agent” any more but it appears you are more professional than ever. I saw this a while back when you participated in a local sports law symposium in the New York area. I hope that as an attorney, as opposed to a “sports agent” you advocate even more zealously on behalf of the student athlete. NLI, NCAA, etc are strangleholds on the student athlete. You obviously are accutely aware of this and now you are in a position to argue and defend the student athlete position more than ever. You do this thorugh your blog. (I am a subsriber) You should take it to the next level. Lobbying on behalf of the student athlete, as well as representing, on an individual basis, the rights of student athletes. You are surely an example of an individual who is in this industry not for the money but for the principles of constitutional protection of student athletes (why should they be the “exception” to constitutional safeguards afforded to the rest of society). Good luck and I look forward to seeing your lobbying activities at the state and federal level.
Chris ([email protected]
Thank you so much for that comment. You just placed a large burden on me!