Head over to Take a Peck and check out the newest edition of Sports Business Carnival. [Sports Business Carnival #4]. I Want to be a Sports Agent made it into the carnival with our recent post arguing that you do not have to be “old” in order to be successful in the sports business industry […]
I blogged last week that Lloyd Lake, co-founder of the now defunct New Era Sports & Entertainment along with partner Michael Michaels, was scheduled to meet Friday with NCAA investigators and allegedly supply them with documents and receipts, including a deposit slip, showing that Lake had placed hundreds of dollars into Reggie Bush’s personal bank […]
Marketing and endorsements are huge components of many sports agencies. For one, agents often take a much larger cut on marketing and endorsement deals (normally 15-25%) than on contractual deals with professional teams (normally 3-4% depending on sport). Also, for many professional athletes, an agent is not needed to negotiate with teams because…there are no […]
As early as it is into the 2007-2008 NBA season I’m going to ‘go out on a limb’ and make my pick for this season’s Rookie of the Year. I know the title of this post sort of gives things away; and while I’d love to be controversial and say that Jeff Green would edge […]
Third installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. “The Jake” enters the player management fray Always one of golf’s most colorful personalities and most liked individuals, Champions Tour player Peter Jacobsen, much like Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, […]
I finally was right. I said Boston Red Sox from the get go. As far as college football is concerned, the days of the college dynasty are over. Miami in the 80’s through the 90’s almost always was in the top ten. Consecutive championship games are a thing of the past. Miami once had six […]
The gefilte fish is running mighty low. Go tell someone to replenish the stock and get ready for your Friday wrap up of links that I failed to cover during the week. You have never heard of Bill Horn, but he represents some of the biggest names in professional football for their marketing, endorsements, appearances […]
One recurring question in our Interview With The Agent column is: At what age do you feel an agent will hit his prime/glory years? I personally believe that there really is no true answer to that question. I am a firm believer that age is merely a word and that we are purely bound by […]
Call me crazy, but after looking around MLB, I’m thinking Alex Rodriguez may have passed on the best contract out there. Now I know all the talk is that A-Rod will get the annual salary of 30 million dollars or that monster contract exceeding 300 million dollars, but I am having a very hard time […]
Honestly, I am not a huge fan of Curt Schilling’s blog. In fact, I am not a big fan of Schilling at all (must have something to do with rooting for the Yankees). But today’s post may be the first one in a long line of thoughts that I actually enjoyed reading. The subject: Free […]