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It was December 31, 2005 when I decided that I would create a blog dedicated to the business of sports agency. It was originally intended to serve as a platform for me to stay abreast of topics related to sports agents and make some connections in the industry. In fact, its first title was, I Want […]
Way back when, before Cameron Maybin was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round of the 2005 MLB Amateur Draft, Maybin played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) baseball in Cincinnati, Ohio. One of his teammates back then was Andy Oliver – yes, the Andy Oliver who was suspended by the NCAA because his advisor, Robert […]
It took a while before mainstream media picked up on the Andy Oliver affair. Eventually, Andy’s case against the NCAA made national headlines, but before any true damage was done to the NCAA’s practice of restricting the rights of its student-athletes, Oliver settled with the association for $750,000. Now, there is a new athlete who […]
Last night, I was reading the University of Kentucky’s response in opposition to James Paxton‘s motion for a temporary injunction against the university. If James Paxton’s name does not ring a bell, quickly get caught up by reading this recent post. Anyway, the most interesting piece of the 86-page document is Exhibit 5. Exhibit 5 […]
When I first reported on Andy Oliver back on June 2, 2008, no one had heard of him. Since then, he has made national headlines in every major paper for his lawsuit against the NCAA, which eventually was settled for$750,000. The antiquated NCAA Bylaw 12.3.2.1 was voided, only to be re-established by the settlement. It […]
On June 4, 2008, I wrote a piece titled, Let Andy Play. That article and its 51 comments changed this site forever. Andy Oliver, an outstanding pitcher at Oklahoma State University had been suspended by the NCAA because the association found out that at the time Oliver was deciding whether to go to OSU or […]
When you hear stories about guys like Billy Butler, you start to wonder about the Current State of College Recruiting. Is a guy like Butler altruistically putting aside his own profit-making plans to help high school kids make good decisions about where to play collegiate football, or is it all a plot to add some […]
Go check out the National Sports and Entertainment Law Society’s blog for a post by Tassos Kaburakis, Ph. D., an Assistant Professor of Sport Law and Sport Management and Director of the Sport Management Graduate Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has a very in-depth response to the recent Opinion and Judgment Entry released […]
It all started with a simple post with the title, Let Andy Play. I was lucky enough to be privy to some inside information before many large publications heard any word concerning the indefinite suspension of Oklahoma State pitcher, Andy Oliver, in this year’s baseball NCAA Tournament. In the beginning, it was a battle of […]
Tired of Andy Oliver news yet? Not up to speed on everything that has gone on? No worries, you can read all of our previous posts on the Andy Oliver issue by clicking here. Latest news that I received from Andy Oliver’s attorney this weekend (Richard G. Johnson) is that the complaint against the NCAA […]