Top 5 Agencies of the 2017 NBA Draft Excel Sports Management Priority Sports CAA Wasserman Catalyst Sports Honorable Mention: ASM Sports Top 5 Agents of the 2017 NBA Draft Happy Walters – Catalyst Sports (5 clients drafted including two first-round picks at #5 and #25) Andy Miller – ASM Sports (4 clients drafted including one […]
The 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) put into effect slotted rookie contracts, which means a set value for every pick in the draft. Therefore, there is not much room for negotiating more money for players. ESPN’s Andrew Brandt broke down the changing landscape surrounding the rookie deals. The effects of these changes are felt by […]
Junior tennis star, Tommy Paul, has signed with Team8 Global, as reported by ESPN’s Darren Rovell on Twitter. Team8 Global is a Cleveland-based, boutique sports management firm, whose 2013 creation was spearheaded by tennis icon, Roger Federer, and his agent, Tony Godsick, shortly after the two left IMG in 2012. As a junior, Paul went […]
It is certainly law school symposium season. Here is another fantastic event that has been passed my way by Matthew Sheehan at Fordham Law. Many familiar names on the panels. What: 15th Annual Fordham Sports Law Symposium When: April 1, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: Fordham Law School’s McNally Amphitheatre (map) Agenda 8:30am–9:15am: Registration […]
The following could be titled the Teague Egan (student-agent) provision: I see absolutely nothing wrong with the policy itself, and I would assume that we will see many more universities follow Southern California’s role in developing literature that puts athletes and agents at notice regarding disciplinary action as a result of violations of university policy.
A few days ago, it was first reported that Nick Swisher left long time Cincinnati, Ohio based agent, Joe Bick of Pro Star Management, Inc for Scott Boras. Part of that was correct. Swisher did leave Bick, but actually left him for Dan Lozano. Lozano has not slept much lately; the only thing on his […]
We have chronicled the variety of NCAA investigations over the past year and blamed agents and players for violating NCAA rules and regulations. Ignorance of the rules and regulations potentially jeopardize student-athletes’ eligibility to play college sports and could harm the educational institutions that the players represent. Schools have Compliance officers who are paid in-part […]
Over the weekend, I spoke with quite a few agents who are very upset with the United Football League (UFL). This time, it has absolutely nothing to do with the UFL’s $150,000 transfer fee. Instead, agents are up in arms about the UFL’s slow process in paying out agent fees. In fact, one agent told […]
With MLB Free Agency officially underway, we have been extremely busy talking to teams about a couple of our clients who have a lot of value to add to an MLB organization. Clubs have shown a lot of interest in Gary Patchett and Matt Scherer, both of whom have a great deal of experience at […]
Two days ago I reported on a new group comprised of influential people from the NFL, NFLPA, NCAA, government, agent community, universities, Collegiate Coaches Association, and American Football Coaches Association, which has been meeting to try to come up with some answers to the problem of sports agents providing money and other benefits to student-athletes. […]