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UVA Law Symposium: The State Of Sports Law

What: University of Virginia School of Law Symposium: The State of Sports Law When: Friday, March 16, 2012 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Where: Caplin Pavilion Schedule 8:00 A.M. – 8:45 A.M. – Check-in and continental breakfast 8:45 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. – Opening Remarks 9:00 A.M. – 10:20 A.M. – Panel 1: NCAA Conference Realignment […]

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On To The Next One: Kris Humphries

Less than a year ago, Kris Humphries fired Dan Fegan of Lagardre Unlimited and hired Marc Cornstein of Pinnacle Management. At the time that I wrote the On To The Next One piece about Humphries’ switch in representation, I wrote, “Cornstein is tasked with helping Humphries earn enough money to support himself in case he […]

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Lawyer Solicits Football Players To Join Concussion Class Action

  On Friday, I received a forwarded email that was originally sent to a group of football players by a lawyer named Billy Conaty, who works for a multi-state law firm named Montgomery McCracken.  Conaty introduced himself as a former NFL player, briefly described the pending concussion-based lawsuits pending against the NFL, and offered his […]

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Kevin Durant The Latest All-Star To Leave Aaron Goodwin

  Kevin Durant has dropped Seattle-based Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management (GSM) as his NBA agent.  It appears that Jason Whitlock was the first to report on the rumor of Durant’s decision to leave Goodwin, and followed up with a Tweet that Candace Parker may be the next high-profile athlete to leave the firm that […]

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On To The Next One: Brandon Lloyd

NFL wide receiver Brandon Lloyd was instrumental in my fantasy football team winning the regular season and championship game in the 2010/11 season.  Lloyd (31-years-old) did an outstanding job of taking his mediocre career to new heights playing 16 games with 77 receptions, 11 touchdowns, and 1,448 receiving yards with the Denver Broncos that year.  […]

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Jim Steiner Retires After 35 Years As A Sports Agent

Last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that longtime football agent Jim Steiner retired from being a sports agent.  Steiner had amassed a total of thirty-five years representing mostly football players, but also dabbled in the representation of baseball and basketball players early in his career.  He had somewhere between 300 and 500 clients throughout […]

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Catching Up With Impact Sports’ 2012 NFL Draft Class

Impact Sports, a football agency established in 1987 and operating out of Boca Raton, Florida and Los Angeles, California, currently represents over fifty NFL athletes as their NFLPA Contract Advisors.  The Contract Advisors on staff at Impact Sports are Mitch Frankel, Tony Fleming, and Sean Kiernan.  Together, the three have recruited and signed six football […]

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Sports Agent Molly Fletcher Gives Her “Pitch” To Jeremy Lin

Linsanity is here to stay.  Jeremy Lin’s play has grabbed the attention of not only New York, but the entire nation, with his inspiring play that has contributed to the New York Knicks’ surge in the Eastern Conference. I recently came across a Fox Business video clip of my former mentor, Molly Fletcher, making a […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (2/17/2012)

Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday.  Happy Birthday to the best mom in the world.  I had a great time in New Orleans last week hanging with some baseball industry veterans, judging excellent baseball arbitration oral arguments by well researched law students, and maybe having a hand grenade or two on Bourbon Street.  I recently booked […]

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A Couple Of Guys Turned The Concept Of “Athlete Advocates” Into A Company

A couple of days ago, Jeffrey Dobin, Esq., co-founder of Athlete Advocates, wrote a thorough op-ed titled, The NFL Scouting Combine Marks The Start Of Football.  Today, I am going to tell you a little bit about his company. If the name “Athlete Advocates” sounds familiar, there is a good reason why.  In April 2010, I declared that […]