Marketing agent Bill Henkel could be seeing some jail time. What do Adrian Peterson, Steve Smith, Derrick Johnson, and Lorenzo Booker all have in common? They all have Bill Henkel as their current marketing agent. In January of this year, IMG filed a temporary restraining order against Henkel after accusing him of trying to steal […]
Category: Sports Law
Friday afternoon I attended the 2007 Art, Entertainment & Sports Law Institute, prepared and hosted by the Minnesota CLE (Continuing Legal Education) and the Minnesota State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Art, Entertainment & Sports Law Section, in Minneapolis. (As a quick aside, most state bar associations have sections devoted to entertainment and sports law. There is […]
The Reggie Bush saga continues. For those lacking its somewhat sensational background, the linked timeline may be of help. In the latest development, Yahoo! Sports reports that San Diego businessman Michael Michaels, “one of the financiers of failed marketing agency New Era Sports & Entertainment [along with Lloyd Lake], reached a settlement with the current […]
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Another One Bites The Dust
Charles Taplin gets indicted for text-messaging college athletes. Remember when Sports Agent, Charles Taplin, was arrested? You, probably don’t. He’s not the biggest name in the industry, and it happened several months ago [No Tolerance Policy]. The case should serve as a reminder that certain states are starting to seriously improve their regulations on Sports […]
The Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) will be hosting its 33rd Annual Conference in Cambridge, MA from May 17-19. Calling all sports attorneys, sports agents, sports law professors, sports law students, and anyone else looking to spend a chunk of change to hear some speeches [Here is the official brochure]. This is the yearly event that […]
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When Agents go bad
Story from the UK this week, with former agent Nicholas Fowler sentenced to jail for defrauding his clients [Stars Fraud Agent Jailed]. It wasn’t a higher cut on a contract, but rather Nicholas losing player’s pension funds. Nicholas told his clients that he was investing in bonds, but was actually investing in high risk shares. […]
The SATs, the LSATs, [insert your state’s name here]’s Bar Exam…when will the tests stop? With the right preparation, the NFLPA Certification Exam should be just one more exam that you breeze through. Loyal reader, Christopher L. Chambers, shot me an e-mail recently, and I would like to share with you all his question and […]
Bears 2007 Franchise Tag player, Lance Briggs, wants out of Chi-Town. I opened up ESPN.com yesterday to find Len Pasquarelli telling me that Lance Briggs is very upset with his franchise tag, hates the Chicago Bears organization because of it (makes sure to leave the actual team out of his disgust), and wants to be […]
Fox Sports is reporting about an intriguing story in the AFL. Jonathan Hay began a 3 year near $1 million contract with the Kangaroos at the start of last season. His form was average at best and it was revealed during the season that he was suffering from bi-polar disorder. The Kangaroos now want to […]
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Virginia Law – No Longer A Virgin
At Virginia Law School, there is a lot of interest in strengthening the Sports and Entertainment section of the school. One of the most frequent questions that I receive as someone who has studied the Sports Agent profession for a while now is whether or not an aspiring agent should go to Law School. The […]