The following guest contribution was written by former collegiate athlete Chris Beck. Let’s say your name is Tahj Boyd. Let’s say you play quarterback for Clemson University, on one of the season’s strongest college football teams. You’ve won an Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year award, are headed on a path not only leading […]
The following guest contribution was written by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). “When you’re there, make yourself indispensable”-Jason Belzer. That’s what my mentor and friend Jason Belzer said to me before I left for my internship with Beverly Hills Sports Council, this past summer. I was headed to Los Angeles, CA with the goal of being the […]
The Australian Football League Player’s Association (AFLPA) has launched a new program aimed at educating future AFL agents. The Executive Certificate (Player Agents) is a course which runs for 6 weeks covering areas including Crisis Management, Talent Identification and Player Development. Realizing the majority of those interested would be full time workers, the course will […]
“Shoutout to Worldwide Wes. Everywhere we go we leave a worldwide mess.” The line is rapped by Jay Z in a new collaboration with Drake titled, “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2.” It is yet another reference to the sports agency industry, which Jay Z entered earlier this year with the announcement that his Roc Nation Sports […]
Ever hear of that little company named IMG Worldwide? You know, the one that Teddy Forstmann purchased for $750 million in 2004? Well that company is expected to receive buyout bids at around $2 billion. And the bids are predicted to start rolling in over the course of the next couple of weeks. It has been […]
The following is a guest contribution from Ryan Harris. Harris is a freelance copywriter and marketing consultant who works with small businesses and start-ups to design effective social media strategies to jump-start brand growth. He has worked extensively with both B2B and B2C clients on marketing strategy with a focus on product introduction. Sports lovers […]
An agency best known for its expansive baseball representation practice has signed one of the best up-and-coming professional golfers. Meister Sports Management, owned and founded by Barry Meister, has represented MLB standouts including Randy Johnson, Tim Wakefield and Sergio Romo. Meister’s newest client is golfer Steven Fox, who played at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, […]
The following Op-Ed article is a guest contribution from Jason A. Davis, Esq. All rights reserved. Follow him on Twitter @JasonDavisEsq1 Like a new album hitting the stores, Roc Nation Sports made a grandiose entry into the sports agency world in the spring of 2013. Having the pre-existing music infrastructure, “Founder” Jay-Z brings his act […]
Lagardère Unlimited lost a Chief Operating Officer when Kevin O’Connor left the company to become a Senior Advisor to Arnaud Lagardère, the General and Managing Partner of Lagardère SCA. It now has a new Chief Executive Officer and President after it hired sports industry veteran Andy Pierce to fill that particular position. Pierce was formerly involved in Golf […]
The article that caught the attention of football agents this past weekend was written by Ben Volin of the Boston Globe and titled, NFL owners destroyed the players in CBA negotiations. Yes, that is certainly a title penned with the clear intention to inflame, and it got a lot of agents talking about what they believe […]