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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Two weeks of 2L year down, and I can honestly say that it is not too bad.  The main beef I had with my first year of law school was that I could not pick the times that my classes would meet.  My favorite class thus far has to be Labor Law.  Can’t wait until […]

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Agent Spotlights

Agent Spotlight: Ben Dogra

While a law student in 1993 at St. Louis University, Ben Dogra, now 43, interned for free with Jim Steiner of SFX Football (then SMG). Dogra would later call Steiner his mentor, but in time, some began to wonder who was teaching what to whom. By 2006, Dogra and Steiner sold SFX Football (which was […]

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Which Law School Breeds Success?

Should I go to law school? What law school should I go to? Should I go to a law school that has a sports law specialty? What should I Major in at my undergraduate institution? Do my Minors matter? Those are some of the most common questions that I receive by email, even though all […]

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College Football Players Recruiting Sports Agents

It’s Duck Hunting Season

Not knowing whether the brochure you hand out to a player is too specific and thus considered to be personally tailored towards an athlete is one thing.  But all of us agents know when we are clearly breaking the NCAA rule, which strictly prohibits the disbursement of any type of monetary benefit to a student-athlete. […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation

Dan Leatherman Is HUGE In Potomac’s First Playoff Game

C’mon…the guy just gets called up to High A Potomac for the first time this season and you expect him to already be a major contributor to your team’s success?  I cannot stop smiling after reading the story from today’s Potomac Nationals roundup. After becoming the first full-season Washington Nationals affiliate to clinch a postseason […]

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NFL Players

Ricky Williams: What Could Have Been

Ricky Williams has had anything but a smooth career, but certainly an impressive one.  While his first 3 seasons with the Saints were nothing to write home about, he soon came into his own.  In his forth season, first with the Dolphins, he led the NFL in rushing with 1,853 yards. Before the start of […]

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Beijing Affect

One of the many concerns for athletes and others around the world prior to the Olympic Games was the health standards and pollution in China. Athletes expressed their desire to move the games and some even went so far as to not compete in the Olympics because of China’s poor health standards and pollution record.  […]

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Sports Law

Agent #721

My home state of Florida is one of the most stringent, if not the most active state, to regulate the sports agent profession.  I applied for my Florida license shortly after forming Dynasty Athlete Representation as an LLC on April 7, 2007.  It took until December 31, 2007 before I was formally licensed by the […]

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Dynasty Athlete Representation

More On Leatherman Moving To Potomac

Anthony Oppermann, writing for the Potomac Nationals, had this to say about Dan Leatherman’s call up from Low A Hagerstown to High A Potomac: The Potomac Nationals today announced their playoff roster for the Northern Division Championship series against the Wilmington Blue Rocks including the additions of Osvaldo Rodriguez, Cole Kimball and Dan Leatherman from […]

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Ehadadi Gettin’ Grizzly

Less than two weeks ago I reported about a 7’2 Iranian who had made a big-time impression in Beijing during the Olympics. Hamed Ehadadi led the Olympics in blocks and rebounds per game and proved to scouts that he has the talent to play at a high level. Up until two weeks ago, no Iranians […]