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An Inside Look At Creative Artists Agency

Creative Artists Agency hired 3 new men to head up its sports program: 1) Howard Nuchow – Mandalay Sports Entertainment. 2) David Rone – Exec VP of Fox Sports & GM of Fox College Sports. 3) Michael Levine – Former President of Van Wagner Sports Group. Under the three execs will be the heads of […]

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Contract Negotiation NFL Players NFL Teams Sports Agents

The Importance of Escalators

Not only are they a lot more fun than elevators, but making sure that you earn your client fair escalators in an NFL contract may make a difference in whether he gets paid any given year. With the high incidence of injury in professional football and no such thing as a guaranteed contract, agents have […]

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Endorsements NBA Players

NBA News & Notes

15 trades overall in the NBA draft. The Knicks and Trail Blazers are getting hammered for their decisions, but we’ll leave that discussion to the so-called analysts. The fact that there were 15 trades in the draft brings me thinking back to an article by the Sports Law Blog [The Legality of Oral Promises by […]

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NFL Players Sports Agents

Leinart Ditches Steinberg

After originally hiring Leigh Steinberg as his agent, Matt Lienart has decided to choose a different entity to represent him for the upcoming NFL Draft. Creative Artists Agency will have the duty of making sure that Leinart is a top choice in this year’s draft. This is an interesting selection, because while Create Artists Agency […]