Gilbert Arenas may have been the first NBA player to have a popular blog, but he is definitely not the first athlete to represent himself in contractual negotiations with professional teams [Daunte Culpepper Needs Our Help]. Just yesterday, I discussed the negatives of being your own agent in contractual matters with the team that may […]
Category: Contract Negotiation
Unless you have been living under a rock in the sports world this week then you would have heard about Billy Donovan’s U-Turn from the Orlando Magic. Quick Re-cap: Billy Donovan, former Gator basketball coach decides to leave UF and take the head coach position at Orlando Magic. Donovan, who took the Gator’s to 2 […]
Honestly, the Franchise Tag is starting to tear teams apart. February marked the beginning of Franchise Tagging Season, and even though no more players are being tagged, the NFL is still feeling the effects of disgruntled tagees. For more information about what the Franchise Tag is, click here. There is good argument that the Franchise […]
The MLB First-Year Player Draft is right around the corner, and you can expect to see some drafted players holding out for better offers. The media, MLB organizations, and the general public tend to agree on one thing: they hate it when players holdout. They also like to blame sports agents for ruining sports when […]
Jonah Freedman of SI.com recently released Sports Illustrated’s 4th annual Fortunate 50. The list documents America’s top 50 money-making athletes for the past year (includes money made by actually playing the sport plus any off-the-field money…endorsements, appearances, etc.). Jonah also released the International 20, which highlights the top 20 money grossing athletes in the world […]
Unless you could absolutely care less about anything that has to do with baseball and happened to throw away your newspaper’s sports page while avoiding your local news channel’s sports segment, you are aware that Roger Clemens has agreed to a $28 million contract this year, which will actually pay him $18 million for the […]
On January 12th, Chris Lesley was talking about the “milestone in sports,” which was David Beckham’s supposed contract that he was going to be signing with the L.A. Galaxy [Earn it like Beckham]. Hell, every sports news service was going crazy about the $250 million that Beckham was going to earn over 5 seasons. Sorry […]
Peter Waldman’s report today in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) about the bitter relationship between Don Nelson, coach of the Golden St. Warriors, and his former boss and current owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, underscores the importance of contract law as it pertains to professional sports. Per the subject of numerous reports, […]
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Judd-gement Day
Superstar. That is the only way to describe Chris Judd. By far the best player in the AFL at the moment, it is hard to believe this guy is only 23 with an award list as long as this. So why the sudden fuss? Well, at the end of this season his contract with the […]
Just read the article that Jordan McNulty suggested [The Real Most Valuable Players]. Hat tip, sir!. Some comments: I have long been a big advocate of selling a player to a team for more than just the stats in the box scores. That may be hard to do right out of highschool/college, however, as players […]