In Pat Forde’s column from last Friday titled, Cooperation key to solving agent issue, he wrote the following: At the very least, the NCAA’s raid of sorts on North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama — those are just the schools we know about — has sent a panic through both college football and the […]
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Roughly a week before I sat to take the Florida Bar Exam, a flood began. It started with an NCAA investigation into potential rules violations by players, agents, and even university employees at the University of North Carolina. It quickly spread to NCAA investigations at the University of South Carolina, University of Florida, University of […]
The New York Supreme Court (which for all of our non-law school readers, is actually the lowest court in the New York state court system) recently ruled in one part of Marist University’s lawsuit against Matt Brady, former men’s basketball coach at Marist, and his new employer James Madison University. Brady left Marist to coach […]
Remember when I took roughly a week of your time going on a rant about interference with contractual relations? If you need a refresher, see: Sports Agents Interfering With Contractual Relations, Digging Deeper Into The Contractual Interference Claim, and The Interference With Contractual Relations Conversation Continues. In those posts, I looked into the claim that […]
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The Minor Leagues: Summertime Chi
Chicago summers bring music, movies (Transformers 3 has taken over), and of course, sports. It’s been awhile since the last time I wrote an entry, and I apologize for the longer post, but a lot has been going on. First, the Blackhawks championship rally was exactly what it looked like on T.V.: (picture I took […]
The college Summer Vacations are coming to a close, which means that sports and entertainment law students are actively preparing for their upcoming 2010/2011 Sports/Entertainment Law Symposiums. This week, I received my 1st “Save the Date” email. The information is below. What: Santa Clara Law 2010 Sports Law Symposium When: September 16, 2010 (9 a.m. […]
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Illinois To Become 39th UAAA State
As of right now, there are 9 states and one territory that do not have any laws intended to regulate the practice of sports agents. They are: Alaska, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Vermont, and Virginia. With increasing public scrutiny of agent practices, at least 1 of those states will be wiped off of that list at the beginning of […]
Within the past couple of weeks, many of you have been watching/reading news regarding the imprisonment of pro competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi. He was detained after he attempted to run on stage after the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest in Coney Island, New York held on July 4th. Apparently, Kobayashi had a disagreement with […]
No one has “getting burned by an advisee” on their to-do list. In fact, not long ago, I wrote a post about what types of claims an advisor may have against an advisee should the advisee use the advisor’s services and follow up with a “I’m not paying you, but I really appreciate the help” […]
How much is a degree worth in the business of sports? How about for a sports agent? And does an undergraduate Major selection even matter at all? There is no denying that the number of posts per week has been down at SportsAgentBlog.com as of late. There are a variety of factors leading to the […]