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Watch The 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium Live!

If you cannot see the video embedded below, click here.  The event will begin at 11 a.m., but the stream will probably go live for testing before that time.

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Warm With Money Between The Sheets

Sports agent Casey Close of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) had to love the small window between when Ben Sheets first hit the mound for a throwing session last week and when the CAA client signed with the Oakland A’s this past Tuesday. Not only was it a quick turnaround, but Close had Sheets sign a […]

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Let’s Make a Deal: Ndamukong Suh

Welcome to the first edition of Let’s Make a Deal. Darren and I have spoken about this column and feel that it is worth a test run, so naturally we need your participation! Basically, this column is a mock negotiation. In each post I will take one college football player who’s expected to be drafted […]

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Chris Bosh Is Just Chilling With Hundreds Of Domain Names

When Chris Bosh was awarded his own domain, chrisbosh.com, along with the 754 other domain names, from cybersquatter, Luis Zavala, Bosh stated, “I am thrilled that I am able to offer the return of these domain names to a host of other athletes and celebrities whose names were cybersquatted. I will offer the return of […]

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What Will Become of Kovalchuk?

I have been lax with the articles lately, but there is one topic in the NHL world that has been staying close to the surface for some time now. Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers is in the final year of a 5 year, $32 million contract that was signed in October 2005 and will […]

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2010 UF Sports Law Symposium Livestream

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 […]

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Willis & Woy Signs 14 By Recruiting Regionally

Many agencies like to carve out a particular region of the country and focus almost entirely on recruiting talent from that area.  It is a good strategy that uses a recruiting budget wisely and allows you to focus on an area where you can easily visit with potential clients.  It also lowers the expense of […]

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Dez Bryant Speaks About Deion Sanders And Eugene Parker

Dez Bryant played in a whopping three games this season, and his on-field performance was not limited by any injury.  Instead, the former Oklahoma State wide receiver was sidelined based on an edict handed down by the NCAA.  He will still be a first round pick and he will make himself and his agent a […]

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The Chilling Effect Of The James Paxton Case

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 […]

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Representing The 2010 QBs

While Dominic Perilli is working hard on the next release of his 2010 NFL Mock Draft, I figured that I would start to take a look at the players he has listed, by position, and see what agents they have signed to help them with preparations for the draft.  Many players will change their agents […]