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NFLPA May Open The Dues Lockout Fund

As long as the NFLPA and the NFL do not come up with a solution regarding a new collective bargaining agreement and the NFL’s lockout is not enjoined by a court of law, the NFLPA will begin making payments to the players it represents starting on April 15, 2011.  Players will receive 1/6 of the […]

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Football Agents Might Be Grandfathered Into New NFLPA

I do not buy into the notion that the football agent profession is going to go from “dirty to sewage” based on the decertification of the NFLPA.  However, there is no denying that anyone can hold himself out as a football agent now, since there is no longer a body in charge of licensing sports […]

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The NFLPA Has Discontinued Its Agent Regulation System

NFL Certified Contract Advisors – you no longer exist.  The union that certified you technically no longer exists.  In its place is a trade association.  You are now in competition with everyone else who wishes to call himself a football agent.

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NFLPA Not Happy With NFL’s Rookie Wage Scale Proposal

A rookie wage scale has been a disputed item in current Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations between the NFL and NFLPA.  The NFL would like rookie contracts to be based on a wage scale based on the thought that rookies are vastly overpaid and are taking money away from established veterans.  To an extent, the NFLPA […]

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The NFLPA Disputes NFL’s Right To Use The Franchise Tag

The NFL has publicly stated that NFL teams may use the Franchise Tag starting February 10, 2011.  NFL Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Peter Rucco, stated that teams will have a 14 day window to apply those tags starting on the aforementioned date.  The following is from Rucco: “The CBA hasn’t expired and the […]

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The NFLPA Game

Besides Pro Day and Combine Training, NFL Contract Advisors are also focusing on the college football all-star games.  They could be trying to figure out how to get their clients into one of the games and/or focusing on getting their accepted clients into the best shape possible prior to the playing of the games.  Just […]

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NFLPA Regulations As To Drew Rosenhaus Speaking With Cam Wake

I am currently in the process of writing an article to be published in a law review/journal with sports lawyer Jason Wolf regarding the new MLBPA Regulations Governing Agents as amended on October 1, 2010.  One of the new provisions in the new Regulations requires agents who wish to recruit players represented by others to […]

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Report: Josh Luchs Will Have His NFLPA Certification Revoked

According to Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal, Josh Luchs will be losing his NFL Players Associations Contract Advisor license.  Luchs recently had his story of paying college athletes throughout his career revealed by Sports Illustrated writer, George Dohrmann.  The piece called out 30 former college football players who alleged had taken money or another kind […]

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If Jamir Miller Was On The Take, Does It Hurt NFLPA CARD’s Image?

Our coverage of Josh Luchs is not quite over yet.  When Luchs started in the business, he learned that a good tactic for gaining a solid stable of clients was to pick a school and become “the agent” at that institution.  Rosenhaus has the University of Miami.  Luchs had UCLA. One of the UCLA Bruins […]

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The NFLPA Shows Its Muscle Against Marlon Sullivan

Two days ago, the NFLPA announced that Marlon Sullivan will have his license suspended for six months.  Additionally, Sullivan will have to pay a $10,000 fine.  The penalty is based on Sullivan’s supervision of a runner who provided money to a former student-athlete.  Sullivan also did not sign a disclosure form, which the NFLPA requires […]