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 […]
A couple of days ago, the following Tweet by NFLPA Contract Advisor Blake Baratz caught my attention: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/blakebaratz/status/339557588339400705″] Later that day, I spoke to Josh Luchs, author of Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean On The Dirty Business Of College Football, who once said to me, “this new runner rule isn’t difficult to enforce, it’s […]
The creation of Roc Nation Sports has brought increased attention to the sports agency industry. And rightfully so. Attaching Jay-Z’s name to a sports agency is bold; athletes will be intrigued and competing agents will be concerned (whether they wish to admit it on the record or not). I have been covering Jay-Z’s efforts on […]
Constraints on the amount of fees football agents can receive based on the successful negotiation of contracts with professional NFL teams make it rather difficult for many agents to make a decent living in the business. Add the financial obligations concerning pre-Draft training and cost of living, and an agent’s financial situation can become even […]