The following article is a guest contribution by written by Evan Zepfel. Zepfel is a Portfolio Management Analyst at PAAMCO, is a graduate of Harvard College, was a member of Harvard’s Varsity Water Polo team and served a sports editor for The Harvard Crimson. On Monday, Major League Baseball announced an extended suspension for Alex Rodriguez […]
What: Third Annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition & Sports Law Conference 2013 Where: Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego) When: Sept. 20-22, 2013 The Sports Law Conference will take place on September 20. The Competition will go from September 21 through September 22, with the preliminary rounds on the 21st and the Championship Final Round […]
The latest “agent warning letter” is brought to you by the Office of General Counsel at NC State University and delivered via mail to individuals registered as Athlete Agents with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office. The letter informs agents that NC State has formed a Professional Sports Counseling Panel and requests that if agents […]
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 […]
April 9 was a busy day for the NFL Players Association Committee on Agent Regulation and Discipline (“CARD”). As announced via two separate press releases on its official website on April 28, the NFLPA decided on April 9 to impose discipline on a variety of NFLPA Contract Advisors. Those receiving sanctions based on their conduct include […]
Late Friday afternoon, many football agents received an email from Emily Garr, a Compliance Assistant at the University of Louisville Athletics. The unexpected email contained two attachments: (1) a letter from Garr and Jody Sykes, Associate Athletic Director at Louisville; and (2) a University of Louisville Agent Registration form. The letter was copied and pasted in the […]
What: Third Annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium at Santa Clara Law – Sports Concussions: Problems and Proposed Solutions When: September 12, 2013 (9 a.m. – 6 p.m.) Where: Institute of Sports Law and Ethics, Santa Clara, California 95053 9:00-9:05 a.m. Welcome – Chairman of the Institute of Sports Law and Ethics 9:05-10:00 a.m. Keynote Addresses:Alan Schwarz, NY Times […]
The Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) has recently the release of its new issue: Volume 4, Number 1. It includes the following baseball-specific articles: Who Exempted Baseball, Anyway? The Curious Development of the Antitrust Exemption That Never Was by Mitchell Nathanson; Touching Baseball’s Untouchables: The Effects of Collective Bargaining on Minor League Baseball Players by Garrett R. […]
What: Event – Sports Law for Rookies and Veterans (part of the Brewer Sports Symposium) When: Thursday, June 20, 2013 (8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) Where: Minneapolis Club (729 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota) 8:30-9:45am: If They Build It, Will They Come? Lester Bagley (VP Minnesota Vikings) Kevin Warren (VP and CAO Minnesota Vikings) Franklin Jones (Greenberg Traurig […]
At one point in his life, Robert Gist served as NBA player Latrell Sprewell’s agent and attorney. He advised Speewell when apparel company And 1 offered the NBA player a role as endorser of the brand’s products. At first, Gist steered Sprewell away from the deal. Later, he would be by Sprewell’s side when the […]