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Analysis of “Maybe Jerry Maguire Should Have Stuck With Law School: How The Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act Implements Lawyer-Like Rules For Sports Agents”

This post is officially crowned as having the longest title ever! Anyway, once again, hat tip to Sports Law Blog for contributing its Sports Law Scholarship program and finding a gem for this blog to post some analysis on. The Law Review article under discussion is called: Maybe Jerry Maguire Should Have Stuck With Law […]

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Fun Test: Which NBA Player Are You?

According to Rum and Money’s Personality Test Generator, if I were an NBA player, I would be Gilbert Arenas.  The test takes a minute to complete.  Which NBA player are you? By the way, the analysis of the law review article is complete and will be posted some time tomorrow.

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Ari Gold

Is Ari Gold’s (Jeremy Piven’s character in HBO’s series: Entrouage) extreme Type A personality a good representation of how most Entertainment/Sports Agents act?  Many people think so.  Here is an amazing video with all of the best clips from Ari Gold that I found on YouTube.  Enjoy! [The best of Ari Gold from Entourage] [tags]ari […]

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1 New Sports Agency Link Added

Gaylord Sports Management.  Specializes in golf and baseball.  Those are the only two sports that the company represents clients in, but GSM has a very long list of players in both areas. Keep the tips on the agencies coming.  I really appreciate all the help. On a side note, I have been very busy with […]

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Colleges Sports Business

Marshall School of Business Sports Business Institute

The U.S. News & World Report and BusinessWeek have long heralded the University of Southern California’s business school as one of the top 30 in the nation: the Marshall School of Business.  In October of 2005, the school announced that it would create the Sports Business Institute as the nation’s first all-encompassing sports business center. […]

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Nightmare Clients for the Week of August 6th-August 13th

If you didn’t know…now you know. Maurice Clarett got himself in the news a little bit this week. 1. Maurice Clarett found himself in a highway chase on Wednesday, which ended up with him being maced by police and being caught with four loaded guns in his car [Clarett Maced by police, arrested after chase]. […]

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2 New Sports Agency Links Added

Maxximum Marketing, Inc.  Represents Tiki and Ronde Barber. Sosnick Cobbe Sports.  The agency highlighted in the book: License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent – Jerry Crasnick.  Represents three great young Marlins: Dontrelle Willis, Josh Willingham, and Scott Olsen. Both agencies are now listed along with many other Sports […]

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Sports Business

Warsaw Sports Marketing Center

In the past, I have spent most of my attention discussing Sports Law programs and not focusing much on the marketing/business side of the profession. I get a lot of e-mails from readers asking whether the right graduate school route is to get a J.D. or go for an M.B.A. There really is no correct […]

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1 New Sports Agency Link Added

MAC Sports & Entertainment, LLC.  Represents football, hockey, and boxing athletes with a soon-to-be startup in baseball as well.  It is a new company out of St. Louis. It seems like lately I am receiving a tip on a new agency to add each day.  I am loving it, and I hope that the readers […]

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Contract Negotiation

Explanation of the Larry Bird Exception

This is one of the interesting parts of the NBA’s salary cap that I discussed before. In brief, the exception allows a team to go above and beyond the salary cap in order a re-sign a free agent. The amount of the contract cannot exceed the maximum salary. The contract signed cannot be for more […]