Fourth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. Q-school, Round 2 Family, friends and player managers will all be watching anxiously as the second-stage of the PGA Tour’s Q-school gets underway at six different venues across the country, November 14-17. […]
Normally we pop the Manischewitz on Shabbat, but this week it is all about the Champaign…Champaign, Illinois, that is. This week’s Friday Wrap-Up post is brought to you all the way from the University of Illinois. That’s right…I’m in Illinois, baby! Go Illini…beat OSU! If you missed it, this week I was able to interview […]
Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints has (again) fired Mike Ornstein, the Reebok representative and CEO of the Santa Monica-CA based The Sports Link, who began serving as Bush’s marketing agent in January 2006 and who once hired Bush as a paid-summer intern. The Sports Link represents former NFL players Marcus Allen, Tim Brown […]
Dynasty Notes will take you through the days when Darren and I (Matthew Vuckovich) did not even know each other, to Dynasty becoming an LLC, to signing our first client, and beyond. If you have not yet read Dynasty Notes – Part 6, go ahead and read it. Enjoy Dynasty Notes – Part 7. With […]
Adrian Peterson is the man. This past weekend, he put up 296 yards rushing against my Fantasy Football defense, the San Diego Chargers. Breaking the previous single-game rushing record, Peterson has raised his stock tremendously in his rookie year of play. Just how much may that single performance be worth, though? Darren Rovell to the […]
On November 16 from 10am to 2pm, Manhattanville College’s Sports Business Management program will holding its first annual job fair that will feature prominent speakers in the sports industry as well as some of the top sports companies in the Tri-State area. Speakers that will be attending this event will be…… Brandon Steiner– Founder and […]
I don’t know how I missed this story that was posted almost five months ago, but Forbes.com put together a piece on what they believe to be Baseball’s Best Agents. The eight agent entities (both individual and team efforts) that are highlighted account for 41% of the $2.5 billion in salaries being paid out by […]
Apologies for the delay in The Wash Up this week, Melbourne Cup fever has taken over my town. – Rory Sabbatini is getting paid US$200,000 to appear at the Coolum Masters in Australia later this year, and local golfers aren’t too happy. In fact, Robert Allenby has pulled out but denies this issue is the […]
Paul Solotaroff recently wrote an interesting article for Men’s Journal titled “Casualties of the NFL,” detailing the horrendous strain professional football players put on their bodies (by choice), and the ramifications down the road of the injuries they often play through (often with the aid of copious pain medication). But what’s waiting at the end […]
I Want to be a Sports Agent recommends that you buy Marc Isenberg’s new book: Money Players. Three athletic departments have purchased 10+ copies. One prominent sports agent purchased 50 copies for his clients. 1 copy: $25 per 2 copies: $20 per 10 copies, $15 per 50 copies, $10 per Currently free shipping on purchases.. […]