This is a guest contribution from Dynasty intern, Scott Britton. Taking a 0-28 team to a 15 win season in less than four years is an accomplishment that is pretty hard to miss. This is something Horace Broadnax was able to do with the Savannah State University men’s basketball program. Something even more compelling was […]
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It is definitely symposium season. The newest information about a symposium has been brought to me courtesy of the Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. What: Seton Hall 2010 Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium When: Friday, February 26, 2010 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102 (map) Cost: […]
What could possibly be better than learning Sports Law during the day and having five course meals at night? A few days ago, NFL agent and attorney, Ralph Cindrich, passed on some information about a Sports Law program he is participating in (as an instructor), which will be held in Florence, Italy this upcoming Summer. […]
Last year, we provided a live feed for the 2009 UF Sports Law Symposium. We did not give interested people enough notice of the livestream and we were not quite sure how to work the whole thing. This year, we are setting up our dedicated site early and inviting everyone who is unable to attend […]
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 […]
On April 15, 2008, I wrote about a merger that had a large impact on the world of coach representation. Stinson Morrison Hecker, one of the largest U.S. law firms, combined its Coaching division with Premier Sports Management’s Coaching division, to create Premier Stinson Sports. The first three coach names that I mentioned in the […]
Back on December 2, I had a lot of good things to say about the University of Central Florida’s Compliance Office. But commentator, Jason Wolf, mentioned an interesting inconsistency. He correctly stated, The baseball calendar requires agents to be registered with the MLBPA. However, unless there have been very recent changes, the MLBPA does not […]
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Andy Oliver Part II?
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 […]
Sports agents have to comply with many different regulations. There are state statutes, a federal statute (SPARTA), players’ association regulations, and NCAA regulations. There is not an overwhelming amount of information pushed towards incoming agents to advise them about all of the necessary rules and certifications. The easiest rules to violate without knowing it concerns […]
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My Attempt At Covering Temple Football
I am always looking to expand my journalistic portfolio. While this site is my baby, I had a brief stint as a contributing writer for ESPN and have been a part of many different radio shows in the past. Most recently, I wrote a piece for The Bulletin, a newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The topic […]