After a long hiatus, Interview with the Agent is back. And boy do we have an interesting subject. Odell McCants is a new entrant into the sports agent profession, and he plans to make quite a splash with the representation of his first client: Patrick Patterson. With the NBA Draft only 3 days away, you […]
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Really slow sports news week. When vuvuzelas and Miami-Wade County seem to be two of the hottest speaking topics, you know there is not much to talk about. For those in the baseball agency world, there is a rather large showcase currently taking place in Tampa, Florida. The Perfect Game National Showcase has many players […]
This is a guest post from Dynasty HR Director, Justin Herzig. Halfway through June, and the 2010 Summer Internship Program at Dynasty is going great. Our interns are hard at work researching, analyzing, and doing everything possible to make it a better tomorrow for Dynasty’s clients. They still have a couple months to go in […]
Yesterday, I discussed a cause of action for a sports agent who loses a client based on another agent’s interference in his contractual relations with a client. As I assumed, the post has generated quite a bit of conversation on this site and also on social media sites like Twitter. Jay Reisinger, a partner at […]
Ever since I first thought about entering this industry, one thing I have been told time and time again by those within and outside of the athlete representation business is that sports agents never sleep. It’s not that they are working 24/7, it is that they are so worried that their best clients will be […]
The Florida State University’s 12th Annual Sport Management Conference (to be held September 30 – October 1, 2010), is accepting abstracts for oral presentations and poster presentations. Abstracts of no more than 1000 words should be submitted by August 15, 2010 to Dr. Yu Kyoum Kim. Authors will be notified via e-mail mail of acceptance and additional […]
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Is The Reward Worth The Risk?
I feel as though a lot of agents spend a good amount of time trying to dissuade potential new entrants into the industry from actually pursuing their dreams. It is evident in many of our Interview with the Agent pieces along with agent interviews outside of the confines of this site. And truthfully, there is […]
We all know about Lagardere’s recent purchase of Blue Entertainment Sports Television from the hands of private investment firm, Blue Equity. Interestingly, BEST was not the only company looking for an infusion of cash and a potential exit from the world of representation, event management, and sports/entertainment marketing. Juggernaut, Creative Artists Agency may also be […]
It’s amazing how time seems to fly by these days. It feels like just yesterday I was taking Kuchin to O’Hare International Airport to head back to Moscow for the rest of Spring. Now, all of a sudden this past Saturday I was back at Terminal 5 waiting to pick him up –and nothing screams […]
One common misperception of many of the largest sports agencies is that they only focus on, or even spend a majority of their time and earn most of their revenues through, the representation athletes in their contractual negotiations. For instance, IMG, which was founded in 1960 as a company that focused on representing athletes, has evolved into […]