Rough job market, but the University of Texas is hiring. The school’s College of Communication just posted multiple positions that it is looking to fill, with screening beginning as early as October 15. Full descriptions of the openings may be found on the link above. Only one of them is sports-specific, but I will post […]
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If you haven’t read my previous article about FC Barcelona offering a place in their youth academy to a 7-year old boy, I suggest you do as this will go hand in hand with those issues. Not only is FIFA growing more and more concerned about national programs acquiring youngsters, but they are equally worried […]
If someone asked me what I aspire to do at the age of 7 years old it would have been something along the lines of work at Chuck E. Cheese Pizza or drive Go Karts. I can assure you that I would not have said play soccer for FC Barcelona. According to some sources, Barcelona […]
While closely following the European soccer transfer market which wrapped up this week, something came to my attention; the shift of power from the owners to players and agents in European soccer. In most instances, if the player wanted to be transferred, sooner or later the wish was fulfilled. The latest example was Joleon Lescott’s […]
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Real Madrid Sign Referee
Florentino Perez, ambitious president of Real Madrid, just loves shopping. He loves it so much that he purchased a referee. The transfer window is shut and Perez can no longer bid for players, so instead he lured Carlos Megia Davila, veteran referee of the Primera Division. As a referee for the Primera Division, aka La […]
On August 18, we announced that we will be running a new segment titled, Ask The Expert, in conjunction with AccessAthletes. The first speaker of the series was Emery B. Sheer of Berenfeld LLP. Sheer is a CPA who enjoys managing the accounts for many athletes and actors. The questions and answers were superb, and […]
The NCAA’s agenda in certain situations involving schools and athletes is certainly questionable. Grassroots basketball enthusiast Sonny Vaccaro made some interesting points recently in an interview with Henry Abbot here. On the topic of Derrick Rose and the wins vacated from Memphis, it is possible the NCAA came down hard on the Tigers because the […]
What: 7th Annual Relay Worldwide Sports Sponsorship Symposium by SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily When: Wednesday, Sept. 30 – Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 Where: New York City, NY at the Marriott Marquis Keynote: Uli Becker, CEO and President, Reebok International Panels: Sept. 30 7:30 a.m. – Registration 8:30 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks Richard […]
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Mini Man City
While everyone has been focusing on the large amounts of money Manchester City has been splashing for players like Gareth Barry, Carlos Tevez and now Joleon Lescott, there is a club with the same ambitions operating 3 leagues below them. Notts County FC, the oldest league club in the world and currently competing in League […]
Matthew Epps, a Spring 2010 J.D. Candidate (like me) from Villanova University School of Law (unlike me), just received a high honor entering his third and final year of law school; he was published in his school’s Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. His piece: FULL COURT PRESS: HOW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WEAKENED THE NBA’S COMPETITIVE EDGE […]