Pat McAfee, a retired eight-year NFL veteran punter and former Barstool Sports personality, has signed with CAA as he continues to forge his career after football in the media industry. Since retiring from the NFL, McAfee has been a guest panelist for WWE events and most recently was a popular employee of Barstool Sports. Upon […]
The XXXII Olympic Games are set for Tokyo, Japan, in the summer of 2020. For the second time in the modern era of the Olympiad, the island country is preparing to host the World’s best athletes. Organizers from the Country are quoted as these games will be: “the most innovative ever organized, and will rest […]
David Artzi is an athlete brand/marketing manager and Founder of DA Athlete Marketing. The Tucson, AZ-native and University of Arizona alum created his company while pursuing a Master’s degree after interning with different sports agencies. DA Athlete Marketing helps its 30+ NFL/NBA clients build their brands both on-and-off the field of play. We were fortunate […]
Sure, everyone knows how much money in contracts agents have negotiated, but they don’t know how adept agents are at finding talent. Sports Agent Blog ranks the top eight agents based not on lump contracts sums negotiated, but on the pure talent they represent. After parsing through all the players represented by each agent, we […]
As athlete’s profiles have increased and evolved throughout the last decade, the sports representation business has become an uber competitive landscape. Last April, several new deals were inked across the spectrum of the sports industry. Josh Allen and Sony Michel were two of 11 players that were drafted in the first round of the 2018 […]
It was recently announced that the Los Angeles Media Fund, a finance and entertainment company led by Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman, have teamed up with four sports agents to launch Beyond Athlete Management (BAM). LAMF was launched by Soros, the nephew of billionaire philanthropist and political activist George Soros, and Horsman in 2014. The […]
The last time Tiger Woods won a tournament, LeBron James and the Miami Heat captured their second straight NBA title after defeating the San Antonio Spurs. To capture his 80th career victory, Tiger won the Tour Championship last month to win his first golf tournament in over five years. Fans around the world were fortunate […]
This NBA offseason Klutch Sports Group has taken a monumental step in cementing its operation as a standard for NBA agents and client relations professionals. Founder Rich Paul continues this trend by ushering sports marketing executive Marquise Watts to Klutch Sports as President of Brand Strategy. Previously, Watts has worked with Adidas and Under Armour. […]
According to a company press release, Octagon Marketing, a sports and entertainment leader, has launched a dedicated Global Events and Hospitality Division. They have tabbed agency veteran Matthieu Fenaert to lead the new division as the Head of Global Events and Hospitality. The newly formed venture will create and execute events and experiences for Octagon’s […]
As sports fans, specifically fans of the NBA, we hear about maximum contract deals through ESPN headlines and Twitter updates from ESPN Senior NBA insider, Adrian Wojnarowski. When we come to learn about these max contracts, these deals seem so simple because the dollar amount is set and publicized for the world to see. Yet, […]