First Picks Sports, a Los-Angeles based sports agency, has signed three players for the upcoming 2016 NFL Draft. UCLA DT Kenny Clark, WR Jordan Payton, and San Diego State OT Pearce Slater have all signed with agent Jerome Stanley of First Picks Sports. Kenny Clark is one of the top players in this year’s draft […]
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There is a belief that many football agents use other individuals (oftentimes referred to as “runners”) to assist them in the recruitment of potential NFL player clientele. In fact, the NFL Players Association has recognized same as being an issue and in 2012 amended its regulations to prohibit certified Contract Advisors from using, associating with, […]
The following is a guest contribution from Shaune Fraser, a student in Darren’s sports law class at the University of Florida. In 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) created The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), an international independent agency, whose mission is to lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport. WADA created the World Anti-Doping […]
John Tobias, head of Tennis for Lagardere Unlimited, has been fired. Widely regarded as one of the best young executives in the professional sports marketing field, this marks an end to his chapter as President that began in 2010. Per Sports Business Daily Journal, this is a move that follows two high-profile clients leaving the […]
Per an article in the Madison Record by Heather Isringhausen Gvillo, Reginald Blackwell, a sports agent, plans on counter-suing Madison (Illinois) County attorney, Michael R. Bilbrey, who accused him of using investment money for personal expenditures. Bilbrey operates the Law Offices of Michael R. Bilbrey in Edwardsville, IL and filed a three-count complaint against Blackwell on […]
Are you enjoying the daily fantasy football advertisements this season? There could be even more now with a licensing agreement being announced between NFL Players Inc. (NFLPA’s marketing and licensing arm) and DraftKings. [inlinetweet prefix=”” tweeter=”” suffix=””]The agreement allows for NFL players to participate in DraftKings advertisements[/inlinetweet], including print, social media, digital and mobile. New […]
Press Release from EarQ: Following significant player participation at the 2015 NFL Players Association’s (NFLPA) Conference in March, EarQ and the Professional Athletes Foundation (PAF) brought their landmark hearing health research program to the Chicago chapter of the NFLPA. On August 29 and 30, representatives of EarQ, with several representatives of Sivantos, Inc., provided participating […]
NFL agent Sean Howard has joined agent Joby Branion at Vanguard Sports. Howard has been certified by the NFLPA since 2005. Branion, a former founder of Athletes First, founded Vanguard Sports last year. Howard is a former linebacker at UCLA that went on to get his law degree from the University of Oregon. He was also […]
Ed Wasielewski became a licensed sports agent in 2003 after graduating Villanova University and Temple University School of Law. His passion for sports from a young age followed him to college where he earned an internship working with the NHL team the Hartford Whalers. While Wasielewski interned with many sports teams, he also gained experience working […]
Sunny Shah graduated in the top 2% of his class from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Economics. While in college, he started his own marketing and events company and became close friends with many of the athletes playing for the university. Prior to founding 320 Sports, Shah was a successful investment banker […]