Would there be any problem if I placed a bet on the outcome of tonight’s Phillies vs. Giants game? What if I had placed a bet on one of Clint Robinson’s (a client of mine) games this past regular season? Is there a difference between the two? Yesterday, I read a report that Ted Forstmann, […]
Category: Sports Law
On October 6, 2010, Willis & Woy Sports Group, L.L.C., and Jordan Woy v. Horace Smith, et al. was filed in a district court in Dallas County, Texas. In the petition, application for temporary restraining order, and application for injunctive relief, Jordan Woy alleges that former client and Willis & Woy employee, Horace Smith, used […]
What: Symposium – “The Death of Amateurism: Implications for Sport and Health” When: Thursday, October 28, 2010 (9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.) Where: John and Frances Angelos Law Center – Venable Moot Court Room (map) Schedule: 9-9:30 a.m.: Registration – A continental breakfast will be served for attendees in the lobby of the law center. 9:30 – […]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being featured on the popular mens site, Guyism, in a response of sorts to the Sports Illustrated article published earlier this week. The title of the piece is Sports agent talks ethics in response to SI article. I have also been featured on a few radio shows as of […]
Our coverage of Josh Luchs is not quite over yet. When Luchs started in the business, he learned that a good tactic for gaining a solid stable of clients was to pick a school and become “the agent” at that institution. Rosenhaus has the University of Miami. Luchs had UCLA. One of the UCLA Bruins […]
Two days ago, the NFLPA announced that Marlon Sullivan will have his license suspended for six months. Additionally, Sullivan will have to pay a $10,000 fine. The penalty is based on Sullivan’s supervision of a runner who provided money to a former student-athlete. Sullivan also did not sign a disclosure form, which the NFLPA requires […]
Prior to the article, Confessions of an Agent, being released, Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated interviewed George Dohrmann on Deitsch’s Inside Sports Illustrated Podcast. You should be able to listen to the interview in its entirety by clicking here. Dohrmann explains how he gained access to the information and reveals his goals and what he thinks […]
In November 2005, Josh Luchs and Steve Feldman, both working on behalf of The Gersh Agency, traveled out to Columbus, Ohio to talk to Ohio State’s Santonio Holmes. Luchs says that Holmes said the following: “Listen, I want to save you the time. We don’t need to meet. I’ve been taking money from [an agent] […]
Two weeks ago, when I had first heard that Gary Wichard hired Howard Silber as his attorney, a friend of mine suggested I talk to Josh Luchs. My inquiry at the time was regarding Silber’s representation of Wichard and Kentwan Balmer, who is a Wichard football client. I never reached out to Luchs. But, after […]
Yesterday, George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated posted the sports business story of the year, at least if you are judging by the number of tweets for a single article on the web. Dohrmann, the last sportswriter to win the Pulitzer Prize, highlighted a sports agent named Josh Luchs, who admitted to paying money and providing […]