As was reported last week by MLB.com, Luke Hochevar (1st overall pick in the 2006 MLB draft) has been signed by the Kansas City Royals and now has a 4 year Major League contract [Royals agree with top pick Hochevar]. Why is it particularly important that Scott Boras got his client a Major League contract? […]
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1 New Sports Agency Link Added
ACE Group. It is now listed along with many other Sports Agency Sites on the “Pages & Links†tab. I have spent a ton of time compiling the list of Sports Agencies that are listed under the “Pages & Links†tab. This site has one of the most comprehensive lists, if not the most comprehensive […]
In an effort to focus on more important issues and shorten the amount of time that it takes readers to look over “nightmare client…” posts, I have decided to only give snippets of stories and if you are interested in learning more about each event, follow the external links. 1. Dale Davis of the Detroit […]
The Sports Law Blog made a post on July 24th highlighting Phil Kessel’s (hockey player at University of Minnesota) contract negotiations with the Boston Bruins. An agent by the name of Wade Arnott is serving as an advisor instead of as an agent. He is not receiving any money for his services as an advisor, […]
Skip Sauer from The Sports Economist, reports that there is a new football league that will sprout up with the best of college football’s undrafted players. It will be called the All American Football League (AAFL), and will contain 8 teams and a 14 game schedule. Players and coaches will be employed by the league, […]
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Light My Fire
My friend linked me over to a blog he came across, which has a post titled: An Open Letter to Sports Law and Sports Management Students. If you do not feel like clicking the link and heading over to read the post, this is what it says in its entirety: Get ready to work for […]
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NBA Player Firing an Agent
Upset with the performance of his longtime, New York-based agent Andy Miller, Al Harrinton has fired him in the midst of a trade from the Atlanta Hawks organization [Harrington fires his agent]. An important part of all of this is that league rules mandate that a player who fires his agent may not hire a […]
Coming to you a couple of days late, but still here for your enjoyment. Here are your nightmare clients of the previous week. 1. The Cincinnati Bengal organization Instead of naming every Cincinnati Bengal that had been arrested or suspended before the 2006 season has even started, I am just going to go ahead and […]
Maybe representation of video gamers is in our future. Maybe competitive video gaming will become an Olympic sport. One thing is definite; competitive video gaming is a rapidly growing market. Every day, more and more people are looking on websites such as www.BestGamingChair.com to help them find products that will help them in their efforts […]
Every year for the past 3 years, Sports Illustrated has published a list of the top 50 athletes when it comes to raking in salary, bonus, winnings, appearance, and endorsement money. It is interesting to see the type of endorsement money some of these athletes are making. Agents typically take a larger chunk of endorsement […]