The recent Sweeney Sports survey has put Australian Cricket Captain Ricky Ponting as the most marketable athlete in Australia. [Ponting most marketable Aussie] The desire for Australia to win back the Ashes was highlighted by five Aussie cricketers in the top 10. This was the first time since 2001 that Ian Thorpe was not on […]
After their poor performance at the ICC World Cup, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to take the harsh line and cut the maximum amount of endorsments an Indian cricket team player can have to three. [Indian bosses crack down on player endorsements] This could come as a shock to […]
Marketing agent Bill Henkel could be seeing some jail time. What do Adrian Peterson, Steve Smith, Derrick Johnson, and Lorenzo Booker all have in common? They all have Bill Henkel as their current marketing agent. In January of this year, IMG filed a temporary restraining order against Henkel after accusing him of trying to steal […]
Some basketball players may be basing their decision to leave early on the endorsement deals they believe they will be able to procure. Brian Berger of Sports Business Radio believes that endorsement deals have become the deciding factor when talented, but not superstar, college basketball players are considering making the jump early to the pros. […]
The Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) will be hosting its 33rd Annual Conference in Cambridge, MA from May 17-19. Calling all sports attorneys, sports agents, sports law professors, sports law students, and anyone else looking to spend a chunk of change to hear some speeches [Here is the official brochure]. This is the yearly event that […]
Mel Stein’s book How to Succeed as a Sports Agent (2002) takes a different approach to the Sports Agent job. Mel has managed some high profile UK footballers in his time such as Alan Shearer, and his book reads in chronogolical form from setting up an agency, to playing contracts and endorsements. It is a […]
This past week, Sports Law Blog noted that it has been a while since there has been a prominent activist athlete [the disappearance of the Activist Athlete]. The blog writes: After reading about Tiger Woods in this week’s Sports Illustrated, it seems abundantly clear why the Activist Athlete has disappeared: Corporate Endorsements (and the potential […]
With no true contract negotiation in golf, agents look to endorsement deals to make a living. If you want to be a golf agent, you will not be banking on the success of your clients. Well at least that is the case on the greens. As one of my hometown papers (the Sun-Sentinel) reports, golf […]
Get your team into the Elite 8 and your salary will reach elite numbers. In fact, just make the tournament field of 65 teams, and you should see your salary as a college basketball coach expand in the next year. According to the USA TODAY, coaches who had their team reach the Elite 8 last […]
“The Big Easy” is the newest client of Callaway Golf Company. Loyal reader of SportsAgentBlog.com and avid golf fan, Jason Wulterkens, has decided to hand over his first contribution to this site (besides his insightful comments). His post is a great read: South African professional golfer Ernie Els, nicknamed “The Big Easy†and also a […]