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11/26/08 News & Notes

11/24/08 Tennessee Tech (Steve Payne) (3-1) vs. East Tennessee Tech Tennessee Tech just couldn’t get its shots to fall from inside, outside or anywhere in between Monday night and didn’t find an answer to the physical play of East Tennessee State in surrendering a 78-65 loss to the Bucs in Eblen Center in non-conference action. […]

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NBA Royalty

Guest contribution by current Dynasty intern, Jon Vollinger. When you think about royal families in the history of the NBA, several names might come to mind. How about Kobe Bryant and his father Joe “Jelly Bean” Bryant? What about Jimmy Walker and son Jalen Rose? Then there’s Brent Barry and his father Rick Barry, who […]

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DYNASTY ACQUIRES GAME, INC. AND ESTABLISHES COACHING DIVISION

For Immediate Release DYNASTY ACQUIRES GAME, INC. AND ESTABLISHES COACHING DIVISION Seven Coaches Join the Dynasty Family HOLLYWOOD, FL – June 18, 2008, In its ongoing effort to expand through the acquisition of high quality clients, Dynasty Athlete Representation, LLC has struck a deal with GAME, Inc. to merge GAME’s private practice into a formal […]

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Forget the Players, Coaches are Keeping their Agents Busy

Guest contribution by loyal reader and current Q2 intern, Michael Goldman. While the NBA’s off-season is still about a week away (or less), the league has already seen some significant moves. However, these aren’t player trades or free agent signings, but rather a changing of the guard (no pun intended) in coaches. As usual, there […]

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Rooting Out Some Conflict Of Interest In The NBA

Take a quick look at recent interviews conducted with some of the most prominent members in the sports agent industry. Leigh Steinberg and David Falk have shown deep concern with the direction that our profession is going. In an effort to turn around some of the reverse evolution that Falk speaks of, the NBAPA proclaimed […]

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8th Grader Signs With Billy Gillispie

So much for holding onto your Letter of Intent as long as possible. A 6’4 8th grader will not have to tour various college campuses, because at the moment, he is committed to playing basketball at Kentucky when he graduates high school. Don’t get me wrong, I have defended the point that high school athletes […]

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A Premier Coaching Agency

Working together with another entity has its advantages, but also entails taking a risk based on the eventual possibility of not seeing eye to eye at some point in the future. A law firm and a marketing/PR company that both have represented coaches in the past are putting the potential inadequacies of working with a […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

This edition of Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from Hollywood, FL, where it is still a sunny 80 degrees in the middle of winter. It pains me to think that I will be back in the 30s upon my return to Gainesville. Anyway, it is time to pop the champagne bottles, because for the […]

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The RichRod Saga

Details about Rich Rodriguez’s agent Mike Brown’s negotiated deal with the University of Michigan recently came out, when the school’s AD Bruce Madej reported that the newly hired Rodriguez had signed a general offer sheet back in December for a six-year contract worth $2.5 million annually. Rodriguez’s base salary will be $300,000, and the rest […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Special Thursday Wrap-Up

This Shabbat Shalom Wrap-Up is brought to you one day earlier than usual. I am soon leaving Florida for Las Vegas to celebrate my step-brother’s bachelor party. I will not have access to a computer for the entire weekend, and thus submit to you the stories that I failed to cover during the week: Sports […]