Right before I was scheduled to give a speech to the Indiana University Sport Marketing Alliance this past Thursday, I was told that former Florida Gator and current Auburn Tiger, Cam Newton, might have accepted money prior to enrolling at Auburn. The entire conversation started with John Bond, a former Mississippi State quarterback, stating that when […]
Category: Sports Law
I am not sure how this originally got past my radar, but over the weekend, I read for the first time that Aaron Goodwin plans to file a formal complaint (if he has not already), with the NBA Players Association, against Arn Tellem. The complaint will be based on Al Horford’s switch from Goodwin to […]
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Sports Law Internship
The following internship opportunity was not posted on our Internships page, because it is not technically a sports agency internship being offered. Instead, it is a law firm looking for a sports intern. The intern may have similar duties as someone who is participating in a sports agency, however. As a final note, before I […]
Tom Condon, who is an agent in the football division at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has filed a lawsuit in federal court against former client, Ryan Pickett. Condon claims that Pickett owes the agent $83,600 in unpaid agent fees, and wants the court to confirm and enforce an arbitrator’s order stating such is true. The […]
On October 20, I highlighted Jordan Woy’s lawsuit against former client/employee, Horace Smith. I attached the Complaint to the bottom of that synopsis. Woy and his company are suing Smith for a variety of reasons including, Smith allegedly used money appropriated for clients for his own personal use and forged players’ signatures on promissory notes. […]
What: The New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy and the New York Law School Sports Law Society Second Annual Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, November 12, 2010 Where: New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Events Center, 2nd Floor Panels: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – Hot Topics in Sports 2:30 […]
Two days ago I reported on a new group comprised of influential people from the NFL, NFLPA, NCAA, government, agent community, universities, Collegiate Coaches Association, and American Football Coaches Association, which has been meeting to try to come up with some answers to the problem of sports agents providing money and other benefits to student-athletes. […]
There might not be a solution to the problem of sports agents providing money and other benefits to student-athletes, but that does not mean that those with power in the business of sports are going to sit on the sidelines and just allow it to continue. Instead, a group of influential people from the NFL, […]
As a consumer of NFL merchandise, I think it is great that the NFL and Nike were able to put together a five year deal, which makes Nike the official uniform provider of the NFL beginning in April 2012. Nike makes a fantastic product, which is tough for other large companies to match. But as […]
According to Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal, Josh Luchs will be losing his NFL Players Associations Contract Advisor license. Luchs recently had his story of paying college athletes throughout his career revealed by Sports Illustrated writer, George Dohrmann. The piece called out 30 former college football players who alleged had taken money or another kind […]