Huge news came out this week with the NFL Players Association launching ACE Media. Athlete Content & Entertainment (ACE) will be a sports media company focusing on creating unique sports-lifestyle content with athletes. With the NFLPA as a majority shareholder, ACE Media will have exclusive access to more than 1,800 active players. ACE Media will […]
Football super-agent Ben Dogra must be pulling his hair out every time former Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan gets near a mic. Shanahan was the sideline boss during the rise and fall of quarterback Robert Griffin III’s tenure in Washington. He watched the former Baylor star reach great heights and win Offensive Rookie of the […]
Over the last few years, there has been a major influx in NBA talent from Canada. With Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins going #1 in the draft in 2013 and 2014 respectively, the world has been put on notice of the talent growing in Canada. This influx in young talent has Canadian basketball becoming a […]
NFL agent Sean Howard has joined agent Joby Branion at Vanguard Sports. Howard has been certified by the NFLPA since 2005. Branion, a former founder of Athletes First, founded Vanguard Sports last year. Howard is a former linebacker at UCLA that went on to get his law degree from the University of Oregon. He was also […]
What: USC 2015 Institute On Entertainment Law And Business Where: USC University Park Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90015 When: October 17, 2015 Description Hosted by USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Institute on Entertainment Law and Business has been a Los Angeles tradition for over 50 years. Join dozens of […]
We have seen technological advancements make major changes and impacts on the sports industry. Founded by Ishveen Anand, OpenSponsorship is leveraging the power of the internet to make the sponsorship more efficient and globally accessible. OpenSponsorship is now the first online platform created to facilitate sponsorship agreements by connecting brands with pro sports rights holders like leagues, […]
They are instant millionaires. Athletes earn more and faster money than King Midas on a lucky streak in Vegas. According to this infographic, Kobe Bryant earns more with two field goals than the average American earns all year. When it comes to raking in the dough, the real ballers are basketballers. Their career earning clock […]
ASM Sports is one of the largest and most successful basketball agencies in the world. Founded by Andy Miller, ASM Sports represents some of the NBA’s elite talent including Kevin Garnett, Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka, and Jeff Teague. This year, ASM had 8 players selected in the NBA Draft, the most of any agency. One […]
Today marks the one-year anniversary of FrontOfficeSports.org. Front Office Sports is a website that focuses on providing informational interviews with professionals of all levels across the sports business industry. A year ago, the website was founded by Adam White, who was a sophomore at the University of Miami at the time. “Originally it was just […]
The following was written by our new contributor, Alex Fernandez. Russell Okung hates Jerry McGuire. “This movie insinuates that athletes need someone else to “show them the money” because they can’t get out there and get the money themselves. I hate that.” Okung has received plenty of courting attempts by agencies promising him the money […]