I had a new article published in Forbes yesterday concerning the pending legal battle that has All Pro Sports & Entertainment Inc. and its founder C. Lamont Smith on one side and Peter Schaffer, JR Rickert, and their new company Authentic Athletix on the other side. [Link: Forbes – Legal Battle Between Denver-based Sports Agents Includes Big Commissions and […]
Atlanta, Georgia-based attorney David Cornwell started his own firm DNK Cornwell in 1997. He positioned his firm as “the premier legal resource for sports agents and the men and women who play professional sports.” As President of the company, Cornwell became well known for representing professional athletes in connection with various administrative procedures (disciplinary, drugs, alcohol, and steroids) before […]
The following is a post by Collegiate Sports Advisors Co-Founder, Jason Belzer. Feel free to give @JasonBelzer a follow on Twitter. The 2012 sports business summer conference season is upon us, and it officially kicks off this week at the Hilton Bayfront in San Diego with one of the best – the annual Sports Lawyers […]
The following article is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq. Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. The “Choice of Law” issue will undoubtedly play a major role in determining the outcome of the first Aaron Mintz v. Priority Sports lawsuit. […]
Last week, there was quite a bit of talk about the lawsuit filed by the NFLPA against the NFL Coaches Association (NFLCA) and Sports Lawyer Wm. David Cornwell. The NFLPA says that the NFLCA owes the Players Association over $650,324.88 and disputes that Cornwell was legitimately elected Executive Director pursuant to the NFLCA Constitution. Cornwell publicly responded to […]
Two days ago, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) filed a lawsuit against the NFL Coaches Association (NFLCA), claiming that (1) the NFLCA owes the NFLPA over $650,324.88 in advanced funds plus licensing royalties, and (2) sports lawyer Wm. David Cornwell was not elected Executive Director pursuant to the NFLCA Constitution. The NFLPA believes that there is a […]
The Alabama Uniform Athlete Agents law may soon be modified. Alabama state Senators Gerald Allen and Gerald Dial have sponsored a bill, which has already been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, that would change the definition of an “agency contract.” If passed, an agency contract will also be established if a student-athlete authorizes a third party to “negotiate […]
On January 19, 2011, I wrote that the NFL should look into the NBA’s conflict of interest regulations, which currently prohibit agents from representing management personnel and players. This dual representation is currently permitted by the NFLPA as long as there is full disclosure of all entities represented to each client. As of the publishing of […]
Two days ago, the NFLPA sent an email to all certified Contract Advisors concerning the NFLPA Board of Player Representatives’s recent approval of amendments to the existing NFLPA Regulations Governing Contract Advisors. The memorandum attached to that email is embedded at the bottom of this post. The memo advises agents to pay particular attention to Resolution […]
What: Association of Diversity in Sport (ADS) Panel – ‘Amateur Hour: The Commercialization of College Athletics’ When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 (5:00 p.m.) Where: University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Student Union Ballroom Amateur Hour will touch on many polarizing topics surrounding the current collegiate sports landscape. Some of the topics covered will be conference realignments, illegal benefits for students, the […]