Sure, everyone knows how much money in contracts agents have negotiated, but they don’t know how adept agents are at finding talent. Sports Agent Blog ranks the top eight agents based not on lump contracts sums negotiated, but on the pure talent they represent. After parsing through all the players represented by each agent, we […]
It’s been a long time, but I will be heading to Jacksonville this weekend for the annual Florida vs. Georgia game on “neutral” turf. It could very well be the game that determines who represents the SEC East in the SEC Championship game. Then, the following weekend, I’ll be heading to New York and be […]
Deryk Gilmore, who negotiated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Evans’ $82.5 million contract, along with 16 other NFL agents were recently suspended by the NFL Players Association. Currently, there are 849 registered NFL agents and 1,696 active roster NFL players. Of the total number of active roster NFL players, 270 players are represented by three […]
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board planned to dismiss the complaint filed by former UFC bantamweight Leslie Smith. The former fighter claims that the mixed martial arts promotional company has misclassified fighters as independent contractors and the decision to forgo renewing her contract was retaliation for her involvement in Project Spearhead. Project Spearhead was […]
Projections suggest that the NBA salary cap will spike considerably during the next couple of seasons, opening budget space for franchises attempting to avoid hefty luxury tax penalties. Over the 2018 offseason, DeMarcus Cousins joined the Warriors to push NBA futures betting markets to predict a 63.6% chance of Golden State winning another ring, as […]
As athlete’s profiles have increased and evolved throughout the last decade, the sports representation business has become an uber competitive landscape. Last April, several new deals were inked across the spectrum of the sports industry. Josh Allen and Sony Michel were two of 11 players that were drafted in the first round of the 2018 […]
I think my most popular tweet this week dealt with Nick Bosa. I wrote, “Nick Bosa withdrawing from Ohio State is 100% the economically wise decision. He owes nothing to the university, which has been able to make $ off his talent & likeness while he was not able to based on “student-athlete” status. It’s […]
It was recently announced that the Los Angeles Media Fund, a finance and entertainment company led by Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman, have teamed up with four sports agents to launch Beyond Athlete Management (BAM). LAMF was launched by Soros, the nephew of billionaire philanthropist and political activist George Soros, and Horsman in 2014. The […]
It has definitely been a busy week at Heitner Legal. At least I’m following through on my own suggestion to make October the month you give it your all and grind at least twice as hard as you did in September. The beginning of November won’t be any more relaxing on the work front (in fact, […]
The thrilling conclusion of the Yankees-Red Sox series, where Boston eliminated the Pinstripes, finalized the four teams that will participate in this year’s League Championship Series. Between each team, there’s a story that involves one person – the player’s representative – who’s responsible for piecing together some of Major League Baseball’s best rosters. In celebration […]