The following is a guest contribution from Mitchell Friesen of Steiner Sports. Check out their website here: https://www.steinersports.com/ We flip on the television to watch our favorite athletes and teams battle it out on the gridiron, court or diamond and never give thought to the agencies behind the athletes. We seldom give thought to the role […]
Press Release: December 1, 2015 – The Dallas-based sports agency, Ballengee Group, LLC is pleased to announce that Jeff Borris has joined their ranks, effective December 1, 2015, signaling another huge move for baseball’s top up-and-coming agency. A well known heavy-hitter in the baseball representation business, Borris brings experience of representing some of the games […]
NFL Agent Sunny Shah has made a name for himself within the representation industry. He and three others were highlighted in Esquire’s “The Agent,” which showed the trials and tribulations in the life of a NFL agent. He has also been interviewed by SAB, which can be found here. For those interested in what it takes […]
Rapper and business mogul, Jay-Z, seems to have paved the way for entertainers to test their hand in the sports representation world. Actor, musician and producer, Marc Anthony, announced on Monday that he has created Magnus Sports to represent baseball players. According to an article by Ken Rosenthal, the company will focus on working with Latin […]
Per a pair of Tweets by SBJ’s Daniel Kaplan, tennis star Andy Murray will be making some changes in his business team. The prominent change will be his dropping of Lagardere as his marketing agent. He will now turn to his own agency, 77, for his marketing representation. Murray and his manager, Simon Fuller, set […]
According to Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal, Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Matt Wisler has switched representation agencies. He was formerly represented by Sosnick Cobbe Karon Sports, but has joined the ranks at Excel Sports Management. At Excel, he will be represented by a team of agents in the baseball division, which is led by Casey […]
Sport sponsorship can often come with various complications and issues, but it’s certainly something that is worth the time and hassle given the global exposure. Sponsorship is an excellent way of enhancing brand image and tends to catch the public eye – by attaching your name to that of a top class event you too […]
National League Rookie of the Year winner (by unanimous decision) Kris Bryant seems to be a marketer’s dream — talented, young, handsome, and playing in a large market. But how much does that translate into dollars and cents and how much does Bryant care? “He has great potential,” says Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based SportsCorp. […]
Per a press release from Octagon,Octagon is pleased to welcome Lamar Johnson as the Vice President of Octagon Access, the award-winning millennial and multicultural marketing division of the global sports and entertainment leader. Johnson is an industry veteran and expert in developing integrated marketing strategies, branded entertainment and digital campaigns to grow brand results with specific consumer […]
Per an SBJ article by Liz Mullen, injured University of Southern California center, Max Tuerk, has decided to sign with Athletes First for his representation in the 2016 NFL Draft. Tuerk becomes the second college football player to give up his eligibility after a season-ending knee injury this fall. Former UCLA linebacker, Myles Jack, signed with […]