Peter Waldman’s report today in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) about the bitter relationship between Don Nelson, coach of the Golden St. Warriors, and his former boss and current owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, underscores the importance of contract law as it pertains to professional sports. Per the subject of numerous reports, […]
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When the Bears drafted Miami TE Greg Olsen at the end of the first round, ESPN showed live coverage of Olsen and his family and friends celebrating. I don’t think it was a coincidence that when the camera focused in on Olsen, he threw his arm up and had an unopened bottle of purple vitamin […]
While you’re sitting at home this weekend with your bag of chips and six-pack, try not to be too surprised when you witness an unprecedented number of highly skilled players fall to lower draft positions (and even lower rounds). The NFL’s new conduct policy delivered harsh suspensions to Adam “Pacman” Jones and Chris Henry earlier […]
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Judd-gement Day
Superstar. That is the only way to describe Chris Judd. By far the best player in the AFL at the moment, it is hard to believe this guy is only 23 with an award list as long as this. So why the sudden fuss? Well, at the end of this season his contract with the […]
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Taking Care Of Business
If you are going to be in Toronto, Canada tomorrow, you may want to stop by the UJA Federation’s first Taking Care of Business forum. Here is a listing of the sports-related panelists: Sports entrepreneur Larry Tanenbaum. Toronto Blue Jays President & CEO Paul Godfrey. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon. There will be more speakers at […]
Do you really want to be an agent? This is the important question you should ask yourself, but how much about the sports agency industry do you really know? The stereotype of the sports agent is mired with misconceptions. Young, aspiring agents typically do not know much about the industry other than the overly glamorized […]
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 […]
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Concept To Colossus
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has seen its sports representation branch grow immensely over the past year. What does this mean for the common agent? USA Today has written a piece that shows just how dominant Career Artists Agency has become in representing high-profile athletes [Top athletes follow celebs in picking A-list agents]. The article notes […]
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 […]
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IMG’s IMaGe
CAA may be the new IMG as it has gained the latter’s best agents and team-players. For many years, IMG has been the staple of the Sports Agent world. It has represented some of the best football players (Peyton Manning), baseball players (Derek Jeter), etc. When Ted Forstmann bought the company for $750 million, Peter […]