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49ers Faithful Are Getting Crabby With Eugene Parker

The Saints are waiting for Malcolm Jenkins to come marching in and it looks as though the 49ers will be waiting a lot longer for their first round pick to sign.  The battle over next year’s crop of talent is not a two company fight between CAA and Athletes First.  At least Eugene Parker wants […]

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Contract Negotiation NFL Players NFL Teams

First Round NFL Deals May Take A While

I’d like to think that there is nothing true about this post, but I am not naive enough to believe that it is far from reality.  The post was written by Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com.  He claims that the reason there have been so few 2009 1st round NFL Draft selections signing is because the […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/14/09)

Off to Tallahassee for the weekend (it is the capital of Florida for you non-Geography majors) and then back to Gainesville to move into a new residence for my final year of law school.  I sent out the initial batch of invitations to potential moderators and panelists for the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium.  In […]

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Headline Sports Law

2 on 2: Sam Keller and Ed O’Bannon vs. NCAA and CLC (with EA on the bench)

The time has come.  I have read article after article and received tweet after tweet about a couple of high profile lawsuits against the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Company (one also includes Electronic Arts as a defendant), so it’s time to stop collecting tabs on my Firefox browser and address some of the issues involved […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/17/09)

I am done with Summer law school finals.  Business Orgs and Analysis & Drafting of Intellectual Property are out of the way…although I really enjoyed taking and learning the material for both classes.  I cannot believe that in one-year from now, I will be done with law school and studying for the Bar Exam.  I […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/3/09)

Happy July 4th weekend!  Not so happy for Scott Boras and his Range Rover.  I turned in my (roughly) 4,500 word paper on The Duties of Sports Agents to Athletes and Statutory Regulations Thereof.  It’s nice to have that off of my shoulders.  I will be wrapping up one class next week (Analysis and Drafting […]

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Arena Football Sports Business

Arena Football Lingering

The AFL2, which is a peg below the Arena Football League (AFL), has been playing out its 2009 season while the AFL scrapped its season due to financial issues.  Just last week, the AFL2 had a big announcement that its championship game will be held at the Las Vegas Orleans Arena.  The AFL2 is busy […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/19/09)

This Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from the capitol of Florida: Tallahassee. Yesterday, I woke up (actually barely even slept because of chirping birds all night) at roughly 6 a.m. to get my girlfriend ready for her MCAT. Thankfully that battle is behind us. I feel like I have been studying for […]

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Contract Negotiation Social Networking

Keep The Contract Terms Away From Social Media

Social media can create leverage for a sports agent in a ton of ways.  For one, it can separate a sports agent from his competition by offering a new PR, advertising, branding medium for his clients.  Social media also can create valuable connections for a sports agent to tap into when needed.  But what about […]

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Headline NFL Players Retirement Sports Business

Athletes Intern Too

With the average NFL career lasting about three and a half years, players have to worry about their post-playing careers.  Athletes often seek employment in the sports industry, because most of the time it’s all they’ve ever known.  Many agents make a long-term commitment to their clients by continuing to advise them when their playing […]