There has not been a player selected in the first 2 rounds of the NFL Supplemental Draft since 2003. But there also has not been a player with the skill set of Janoris Jenkins available for an NFL franchise to select in the past 8 years. Earlier today, Coach Will Muschamp of the Florida Gators […]
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Hello everyone. I am glad to see the interest that my last post drew. It has been over three weeks since my last post and it is safe to say that I have been working on and updating this post during that entire time. Every day I have worked since then, I have had a […]
Over the weekend, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com wrote about NFL agent Brian Ayrault’s (@BrianAyrault) Tweets concerning his belief that there should not be an NFL Draft. Here are some of Ayrault’s Tweets from the weekend. Feel free to leave your comments based on what he stated. [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61617542661292032″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61622060404838400″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61622937916157952″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61625599545970688″] [blackbirdpie […]
The 2011 NFL Draft kicks off less than a week from today. In the meantime, be sure to check out the hard work Brandon Thorn has put into his mock draft, big board, and top 5 at each position. This past week, I was published in NYU’s IP and Entertainment Law Ledger. The article is […]
Yet another Pro Tect Management client has found new representation in the wake of Gary Wichard’s death. Wichard founded the company in 1980 and had a very hands-on approach with his clients. With his passing, former Pro Tect clients including Antonio Cromartie and Calais Campbell have switched agencies. Both of those players joined the large […]
Since being drafted in 2008, Earl Bennett has caught 100 balls for a total of 1,278 yard and 5 touchdowns. The former 3rd rounder from Vanderbilt has had moderate success in the NFL, but by this point in career, many people expected him to be gaining more than 561 yards in a regular season, which […]
Travel, travel, travel…it’s all I seem to do lately. Although after this weekend’s trip to Boston to speak at Suffolk Law School (I’m speaking there tonight), the traveling will settle down for a bit until I head up to Washington D.C. for the Sports Lawyers Association Conference mid-May. I just sat through my first mediation. […]
Update (7:18 a.m. 4/14/2011): Very late last night, the UFL scrapped the reserve list idea. However, teams had spent the last 2 days putting together such lists under the assumption that they would become effective today. In any case, it will not become a reality…at least for the meantime. Update (5:17 p.m. 4/14/2011): The UFL […]
Friday afternoon, it was reported that former University of Alabama runningback, Mark Ingram, terminated his representation agreement with Rocky Arceneaux. Arceneaux is the President and CEO of The Alliance Management Group, which is involved in the representation of sports, music, and entertainment personalities. Its website claims that Marshall Faulk is involved with the company in some […]
Shabbat Shalom all the way from Los Angeles, California, where it is only 9 a.m. I am about to be moderating a panel at Southwestern Law School titled, “Pre-Professional Athletes in an Amateur World: NCAA Rules, State Laws, Agents and Extra Benefits.” If you have anything you think I should ask the impressive panel of […]