What: The Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Annual Symposium When: Friday, March 21, 2014 Where: Arthur M. Goldberg Commons, Villanova University School of Law Time: 9am – 12pm About: The 2014 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium — An Inside Look at the World of Agents: Past, Present and Future — provides a […]
My niece is getting Bat Mitzvahed this Sunday, which means it is time to celebrate (and start realizing that I am not as young as I think). Greg Oden is back on the basketball court and playing for the Miami Heat. Can’t say that is a statement I thought I would be making a […]
The NFL season awaits, which means fantasy football is revving up. I have my fantasy league draft this Sunday. With the last pick in the first round, it is tough to plan out how it will all go down. Anyway, this week on FORBES: (1) Albert Pujols Defends Clean Reputation By Threatening Legal Action Against Radio […]
Shabbat Shalom comes a couple of days early with this article that combines sports agency and Israel. The Jerusalem Post has reported that basketball and baseball agent Arn Tellem is part of a group that won the bid to purchase a ninety-percent interest in Israeli basketball team Hapoel Jerusalem. Also included in the new ownership group […]
The following guest contribution was written by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). Richard is a student at CUNY-College of Staten Island and Assistant to the Director of Artist Management at Wilhelmina Models. Ever since the advent of basketball in the late 1890s, the ball-shooting game has continued to gather more popularity and earn more fans across the […]
I am at the 2013 American Bar Association Symposium On Entertainment And Sports Industries today, moderating a panel titled, “Entertainers, Sports and Labor Law:Where Entertainers, Athletes and the Law Merge or Collide.” Last week was a blast. I had the unique opportunity of visiting Dallas with a client and witnessing the unveiling of the George […]
The Boston Marathon bombing was shocking, disappointing and sad. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of anyone who was killed or injured in the attack. There have been excellent columns written about the atrocities, and I implore you to scour the web to read some of them. Shifting gears. A couple of nights […]
It is hard to believe that a month of 2013 has already come and gone. Only a month ago, this site celebrated its 7th birthday. In 8 days, I will be 4 times the age of Sports Agent Blog. It is amazing to think that I have been operating this website for roughly 1/4 of […]
Last Wednesday, Milwaukee Brewers reliever Francisco Rodriguez and his former agency Wasserman Media Group agreed to a settlement (reportedly over $2 million) that dismissed a pending lawsuit, which included claims of malpractice and fraud by baseball agents Arn Tellem and Paul Kinzer. Rodriguez switched from Wasserman to Scott Boras over a year ago. Just prior to […]
I am in Tempe, Arizona this weekend to speak at Arizona State’s 3rd Annual Conference On Sports & Entertainment Law. So many Jews (myself included) love Tim Tebow. Cannot wait until the start of the NBA regular season. I will be back in Miami for Tuesday’s game against the Boston Celtics. A few stories this […]