Adrian Peterson is the man. This past weekend, he put up 296 yards rushing against my Fantasy Football defense, the San Diego Chargers. Breaking the previous single-game rushing record, Peterson has raised his stock tremendously in his rookie year of play. Just how much may that single performance be worth, though? Darren Rovell to the […]
Category: Endorsements
Marketing and endorsements are huge components of many sports agencies. For one, agents often take a much larger cut on marketing and endorsement deals (normally 15-25%) than on contractual deals with professional teams (normally 3-4% depending on sport). Also, for many professional athletes, an agent is not needed to negotiate with teams because…there are no […]
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Seattle’s RoY
As early as it is into the 2007-2008 NBA season I’m going to ‘go out on a limb’ and make my pick for this season’s Rookie of the Year. I know the title of this post sort of gives things away; and while I’d love to be controversial and say that Jeff Green would edge […]
The gefilte fish is running mighty low. Go tell someone to replenish the stock and get ready for your Friday wrap up of links that I failed to cover during the week. You have never heard of Bill Horn, but he represents some of the biggest names in professional football for their marketing, endorsements, appearances […]
“He’s young, good looking, stays out of trouble and has a sizable following.” Name that player. Jacoby Ellsbury? Adrian Peterson? Actually, the statement was made by Grace Chen of William Morris Agency (WMA) and he was referring to his client, Yi Jianlian [Not just a face in the crowd]. WMA is very convinced that Yi […]
A new opportunity may become available soon for basketball players. NBA Commissioner David Stern in in talks with authorities in China to set up a ‘Second NBA’, which would be a world-class professional basketball league. [China could host ‘second NBA’] But don’t get too excited, this won’t be for a while. David Stern is in […]
The Cleveland Indians recently struck a deal with IMG to find a sponsor to claim the naming rights for Jacobs Field. CAA has been employed by the New York Yankees to procure sponsors for their future new stadium [CAA: Creative Acquisition Agency]. If the Minnesota Vikings ever decided to drop their stadium’s name, which falls […]
Suspended running back Ricky Williams applied for NFL reinstatement today, according to his recently-gone-green agent Leigh Steinberg. “Ricky is extremely excited about the prospect of playing in the NFL again and hopeful for a positive response,” said Steinberg. On the collegiate level, Williams holds or shares 20 NCAA records, and won the 64th Heisman Trophy, […]
This past week, news broke that Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will be driving the #88 car and that the car will feature Pepsi Co’s energy drink, Amp. I personally like both moves made by Earnhardt. Junior has done his fans a service by choosing to make his car #88. People who have Dale Jr. stickers, draw […]
I’m hoping that at least half of the sports fans and future sports business players and sports agents out there are aware that the FIFA Women’s World Cup has been going on for the past couple of weeks now. If you watch Sportscenter in the morning I suppose you’ve got no choice but to be […]